While preparing to build my new hay barn, my crews came across this little nest underneath the straw in our old hay storage location. It’s a little mouse house!
Cute, but mice aren’t something we want living in our hay storage. This time, I’ll hang a sign outside that says, “No Vacancies.”
Eight years ago, I planted two English walnut trees in my pasture. With my Jersey milk cow herd growing exponentially every year, my little saplings were getting a little beat up, bruised, and nibbled on. Too big to move now, we had to come up with another solution. Ta da! Farmhands Kim and Andy to the rescue.
My animals at the farm give me great joy. Their sweet little faces greet me in the morning, wish me a good night, and for the most part … they behave. But on certain occasions, animals will be animals … and no amount of training can save you from their antics. These are their crimes! (Shot with bad lighting like those shocking mug shots we see of movie stars.)
Actually, it was her sister, who’s gone now. (And not because she ate the chicken.)
Getting ready to build a new shelter for my ever-expanding milk cow herd.
In the background is my one-car-garage-size milk barn where our girls give us their liquid gold every day.
My daughter, Meg, and I will be signing books on Saturday, October 6, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at
Costco, located at 301 5th Street, Clarkston, Washington.
We would love to meet you!
Nudge: we bring lots of fun prizes. And chocolate.
With Halloween on the way, I find myself getting the silliest urges …
I want to craft my own broomstick, stir up a cauldron of sparkling cider, and play with potions (like soaps and lotions!).
Do you feel it too?
October is a month of magic, casting a spell with its windblown golden leaves and tendrils of wood smoke curling through the early morning chill.
I’m bewitched!
And speaking of witches, I want to introduce you to one of the most spellbinding little sorceresses of all time:
Her name is …
Buy props used in MaryJane’s books and magazine!
5% of profits will benefit www.firstbook.org, a non-profit that provides new books to children from low-income families throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Here’s how:
MaryJane will post a photo and a description of a prop and its cost along with a few details as to its condition here: https://shop.maryjanesfarm.org/MaryJanesCurations. It’s a playful way to be the new owner of a little bit of farm herstory.
