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Remember back in June last year I acquired some Ancona ducklings? Well, they are all grown up now and today one of the hens laid the first egg! Finally, it has seemed forever, especially since I ...

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Katielyn and I have been in CO for over a year now (how time flies!). In hopes of getting Rod to move up here, I decided it is time to vacate the existing barn and build the sheep barn.  I'm als...

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OK, the chicks were cute but I think these guys are way cuter. I've been wanting Ancona ducks for over a year and had made arrangements to get some shipped to me with some Calico Cochins but a...

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Here are some of the MF/Calico Cochin chicks two weeks later.  They haven't really changed much have they? A little bigger, a few more feathers but still cute! I think this is Kt's favou...

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Look what came in the mail a couple of weeks ago (yes a couple of weeks ago...sigh...never enough time in the day to the Blog updated!). I woke up in the morning to a phone call from the post o...

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I've had a fondness for Cochin chicks since I purchased my first paid a year ago so in February I decided to order some Cochin eggs for hatching. Then I read about how hard it is to hatch eggs th...

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I've planned since  before we moved here to plant some fruit trees. After seeing how well my plum tree is bearing (now that I have left Texas) I knew that planting some fruit trees would be a pr...

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Today is a day to mark on the calendar.  I collected my first egg of the year! One of the gracious duck ladies decided the days are long enough and the sun is bright enough to grace the laying b...

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My flock has been growing quickly and it has come time to part ways with a few sheep.  Here is what is currently for sale: On the left is a 2.5 month old Painted Desert Ram-good stout prosp...

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The beginning of the year is a great time to review what we accomplished the prior year and make plans for the upcoming year so today I'll revisit my 2012 bucket list and see how well I did (this...

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Well the new year has come upon us despite the Mayan calendar ending.  Maybe 2013 was just too far in the future for them to consider?  I read the other day that Jan 04, 2013 was the day Marty ...

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Yesterday was a much anticipated day.  Long before we moved to Colorado we had visions of the day we'd spend cutting the first Christmas tree at our new home.  We envisioned walking through the...

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Look what came in the mail the other day: A certificate for our 2012 Cyber Sheep Show placements! The PDSS does a great job with this show each year and it's a lot of fun.  Best of all you do...

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Wow. I've been a very negligent blogger this year. I can't believe it's October and I have only eighteen posts this year. So much for documenting the whole move and settling in process. The leave...

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Yesterday was one of the first days in quite a while where I didn't have plans to be anywhere, or have to work inside at my day job. I have built up quite a to do list of odd jobs that need doing...

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My meyer lemon that has been plagued with pests actually seemed to enjoy the move to Colorado. It started sprouting green growth all over and even blossomed (second time this year?), seemingly qu...

http://neighborlyplace.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-plant-just-doesnt-give-up.html

Today we bought home a new ram. Brennan our first Ram ever was sold to a new home in May. He sired one of our current lambs and hopefully covered all of the ewes. I don't want a lot of inbreeding...

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Katielyn and I have taken to going Yard Saleing every Friday morning trying to find treasures to add make our new house a home. Today didn't look promising with only one moving sale listed in th...

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I work out of my home. At our new house, my office is shared with the dining room. It didn't take me but a day or two working at the computer to decide the room was too dark. I bought a floor lam...

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Wow. Big Absence -but that's what happens when a writer/homesteader/self-employed person moves! So much to do and absolutely not enough time to do half of what needs to be done. I'm writing thi...

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Back at the beginning of February I mentioned how I love my ducks and that I wanted to get some call ducklings. I thought I had found a somewhat local source but it hasn't materialized. I conside...

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March is always so busy here...Not only is it baby animal time and blooming gardens, it's also income TAX time. I'm a CPA and a tax CPA at that so there is absolutely no rest for the wicked at th...

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It's the first week of March and the trees are bursting into bloom, Spring flowers are blooming,the grass is greening up and the war starts again. This winter has been very mild. We haven't had ...

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Where has this month gone? Thank goodness it's a leap year otherwise I'd be posting in March!Spring seems to have come to Texas, flowers are blooming and the dogwoods and fruit trees are blossomi...

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Thanks to my friend Lisa over at Little Homestead on the Hill , Neighborly Place has won it's first blog award- "The Versatile Blogger Award". Blog Awards are special to us bloggers as it means s...

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