We are OK

Thank you everyone for all of you thoughts and prayers. Our neighborhood survived the Eagle Mountain Pinion Fire thanks to the wonderful firefighters that refused to let our houses burn. No one in our neighborhood lost a home, and the fires don't seem to be a threat to our neighborhood any more. Here are a few more pictures so you can see what it looked like, but rest assured we are safe.

This is our chicken coop. We still are in the process of putting siding on it. You might remember that we had to build a new coop after the chicken coop fire we had last winter.

This is a picture of Michael and our neighbor. it looks like we are walking out of the bowels of hell.

Here are the firefighters standing watch over our property. We can't express our gratitude to them.

~Michael~

Our Backyard Farm is on Fire

This is our house on the left. We were evacuated today and are hoping the great fire fighters can keep our home safe!

Buttermilk Drank Too Many Energy Drinks

Buttermilk the goat has taken the internet by storm. Took a Leap Farm posted a video on their blog showing their 5 week old Nigerian Dwarf goat named Buttermilk. He has too much energy and seems to enjoy jumping over and off of his fellow goats. If this doesn't make you want a goat, I don't know what will.

~Michael~

Chicken Saddles

Question:

Could you please help me, I would like to purchase a jacket for my hen moon. I am having trouble finding a place that sells them.

Thank you
 J Morton

Answer:

Louise's Country Closet sells what they call "hen saddles", I think it may be what you are looking for. They are to protect from aggressive roosters and from other hens that like to continuously peck other hens. I hope this helps!

~marisa

Signs of the Food Apocalypse: Burger King App

The food apocalypse is on the verge of overtaking us my friends. The time is near that we will only eat foods that we don't recognize, foods that have been so processed that we don't even know what animal or vegetable they came from. Todays food apocalypse example comes to us from Burger King.

Burger King is testing a new mobile app for android phone users. This app will allow people to add money to an electric account. Then when they go to their beloved local Burger King they don't have to get to their wallets or purses to pay. They simply pay with the app, and even gain points for future purchases.

I admit that I eat fast food at times, but I hope I never eat it enough that I will need an app for convenience. The next thing we will see is fast food credit cards where you can charge your fast food meals and not even have to pay for them. Can you imagine a future where fast food zombies go through a Burger King drive through (so they don't have to walk or talk to a person face to face) order their food and then just flash their phone as they pass the drive through window, grabbing their food from the Burger King robot? 

What are some of the signs you all have seen of the coming food apocalypse? Share them in the comments.

~Mike~

Urban Farming in Venezuela

Venezuela is having a hard time growing enough food to feed it's population. They have begun to allow the poor in urban areas to start gardening in unused urban spaces. Seems like a great idea. Some of the people in the video reduce their food bills by 50%. Hopefully they use heirlooms so they can harvest their own seeds. Think about what would happen to the world if everyone would start growing what they can, where they can. Check out the video. It always makes me happy to see people gardening.

~Mike~

Have You Seen This? I'm Farming and I Grow It

Hey there guys! Thanks to those of you who emailed to find out if anything was wrong because we haven't been posting. No, nothing is wrong, I guess we just needed a little break. Hopefully we will get back on track and will be posting often. We love to hear from you guys, so thanks for all your comments.