Happy Birthday Georgie! A year looks good on you.
Farm Animals
Horse (and People) Deworming
I’ve been using #silverliningherbs equine dewormer for several years now and LOVE the product (it’s super easy to use in addition to being safe for them). I also love that they send out a deworming schedule I can keep in the feed room as a reminder. I also love that they send out this schedule because it helps me plan when I’m going to start my 2-3 times a year parasite cleanse for my human self. It takes a little prepping to get my personal house in order beforehand. Making sure the digestive system is in strong working order, supporting liver function, and then the actual parasite cleanse. Have you ever done one?
Here’s a great reference for best practice start date of the actual parasite cleanse. Plan on 4-6 weeks of gut/liver love beforehand and during .
We North Americans are a snotty bunch…. thinking parasites are only an issue in 3rd world countries. No so. We’re just as wormy!….. maybe even moreso because it’s an often neglected aspect of health.
Happy National Opossum Day!
If you would have told me we’d fall in love with a ‘possum a year ago, I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have believed you.
Yet here we are….. celebrating one of the most maligned creatures God ever made!
They truly are amazing little mammals!
Memories Are Sweet
13 years ago, and so much (and so little has changed).
Audrey Overcomer , one of our sweetest of friends (who took this pic) met Jesus in 2019…. ten years after this pic was taken.
Foster (the pup in this pic) is romping with all the other pups who have gone before him to heaven too (yes, I do believe heaven is loaded with creatures great and small). Foster was an amazing dog, and his responsibilities were assumed by Daisy and Spanky ( who are still with us). Yes, it took two working dogs to do what Foster did… he was one of a kind intelligent!
That lawnmower died and was replaced twice.
Same farm…. it would take a circus train to move us. We’re closing in on 30 years of homesteading. Lots of trial and error experiments have gone on out here, along with learning to live with and accept the idiosyncrasies of nature.
I don’t feel like Charlie and I have changed much in some ways, but in others, we’ve definitely spread our wings and leaned more and more into understanding God’s will and desire for the both of us….. I’m laughing at myself this morning as i wear the same shirt (i love this tank!) doing morning chores. Clearly, wardrobe is not high on my priority list.
Happy Saturday friends!
xoxo
Raindrop Training-Farm Style
Excellent Raindrop training day at the barn!
Though this session was for people, the dogs, horses and even the cows were asking when their turn was. (I will be giving them their turn in the near future).
Raindrop. It isn’t just for humans and It does a body (two legged or four lagged!) good.
If you haven’t yet both learned it and experienced it, you’re missing out on a VIP wellness tool in your toolbox.
Education is a big part of what we do. Personal empowerment is a key component of wellness.
xoxo~ liz