Thane's Neck Farm

I met a new neighbor last Thursday when he stopped by the farm to let us know his favorite rooster had gone missing and wondered if we had s...

The kids and I cut the first asparagus crop of the season from the garden this afternoon. Not a huge haul but enough for dinner. We like our...

Well... little brown dog was here all night again! I called animal control right away and, after a reporting our history with brown dog, was...

We had a wonderful visit here at the farm from a family that moved not too far from us a few months ago from Upstate NY. We sat out on the d...

Today was my mom's last day of her visit. She flew out this afternoon. But we packed in a full day of fun. First we stopped at Snip-Its ...

We drove down to the Raleigh/Durham airport tonight to pick up my mom. She flew down from Maine to spend a few days here at the farm visitin...

One of my regular egg customers (and now friend) told me today when she stopped by for her eggs that she stumbled across this blog and reall...

Well, with the mild success of hatching eggs in the incubator I decided to set some turkey eggs in it today. I had been collecting turkey eg...

I was saying to Neil last night that I was surprised that there had been so little scuffling between our new Nigerian Dwarf goat buck "...

I received a wonderful phone call today from one of my 2007 Thanksgiving turkey customers. She apologized for taking so long to call after t...

The weatherman forecasted 2-4 inches for our area today but for most of the day it was too warm for snow and we just had a misty rain. Then ...

The big event of the day was having the vet come out to the farm. I had a laundry list of things for the vet to do while he was here today. ...

Today was a day to head into town and get some of our errands done: a trip to the bank, the insurance office, the DMV to get the Suburban ti...

I can not even believe that I am complaining about the rain after our long summer draught but it has been raining for 4-5 days straight now....

Neil's parents arrived in town last night to spend a few days with us, including Christmas. We had asked Neil's dad to bring up his ...

This morning while doing chores Emmie and Berk, our LGDs , started barking like crazy out in the pasture. I was in the chicken coop so I cam...

I don't think I have slept through the night in a few weeks. Every night it is something new on the farm. Last night Emmie and Berk, our...

Well, today was our Turkey Day. Neil's parents arrived in town last night and came by to take us out to dinner before heading to the ho...

I can't believe that it is time for my mom and grandmother to leave already! Where did the time go? We had such a nice visit I wish it...

Neil, the kids and I drove the hour to the RDU Airport to pick up my mother and grandmother this afternoon. They flew down from Maine to spe...