Bee Swarm safely housed and pics of fence.

Ben and I achieved our goal for now with the fence construction. Here are a few pics.

Kathleen, Ben, Emily, and I have been working fervently on our three board fence that has been a work in progress for well over a year. In just three days we have made almost as much progress as our cumulative effort since the beginning. I will post my first BLOG pics tomorrow of the fence. This will be our almost three acre "pasture" for Emily's goats. Their appetite is outgrowing their current two pastures of less than 2 acres. While working on the fence we are also cutting saplings down that have grown between the pond and house that is beginning to prevent us seeing the pond. The goats have been the benefactors of these saplings and are loving the new addition to their diet. Goats are so funny and full of such personality and intelligence. It seems that they get more excited about eating something you are cutting down than eating it when they had easy access to it before.

So why the sudden spurt of energy on long delayed projects? Nothing like friends coming to visit from out of state to give you a dead line to get long postponed to dos done. That and my friend, Richard, who keeps asking about where my invisible fence is that I'm supposed to be working on!
Aren't friends great? I will post pics tomorrow between working on the fence, power washing the vinyl picket fence, mowing, catching my second swarm of bees for the spring, ordering more books for the upcoming HEAV convention, shopping for best pricing and availability of bee hive suppers and deeps, and, oh yeah, applying for easier jobs working in corporate America....are there any of those out there still?

Did I admit to still not having my corn planted?

Welcome to Days of Old Herb Farm!

Welcome to Days of Old Herb Farm!

We will be sharing the stories of our family business as we travel throughout Virginia, bringing our sustainable lifestyle and products to other communities. We make herbal soaps, salves, and chicken coops - The Victory Egg Garden, in particular - as well as promote a way to be more self-sufficient and gentle to the earth.