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Meet Fifi Pumpkin
“Fifi Pumpkin Schmitt Rice” fell off a slaughter truck on a busy highway in Nashville earlier this week. Luckily, Fifi had an angel that day in Kelley Schmitt, who shared with our Savannah Backyard Chickens group this tale of survival … Continue reading
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Last Ambles of Summer
These last days of summer and I’m still here. Walking the same rural road with the same donkeys, horses and cows to look at. Not ambling through medieval Spanish villages and staying in monastery-like refugios with my friend Sarah on … Continue reading
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Tagged farm sanctuary, hen keeping, japanese saipan, savannah food day
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A Visit to Connemara Farms, Flat Rock, NC
I visited an exotic goat resort up in Flatrock, NC called Connemara Farms. It’s the home of the literary great Carl Sandburg, whose wife Paula was a pioneer of the American dairy goat industry. Here’s one of her Toggenburg goats. … Continue reading
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The Shirleys
Here’s the hen whisperer with Big Shirley and Little Shirley. They’re best friends and often sit side-by-side on the perch at night. Before I had hens, I had no idea they all have different personalities. Little Shirley is feisty and … Continue reading
Spontaneous Farm Tour on Day One
Big synchronicity on Day One of my Walk for Farm Animals. After a year of seeing this Mother & Son donkey duo on my walks, they eeyored at me and ran to the fence! Then I met Emily their kind … Continue reading
Kiss My Grits! 