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Maple season!

We have started tapping maple and black walnut trees! We just bought the house next to us (Needs a LOT of cleaning up, but will make a good farm house/ possible market/ house for my grandmother to live in one day), and it comes with a bit

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Chickens ,Turkeys ,and Ducks Farm stuff

Eagles and ducks do not go well together

Well, I think the title says about what I wanted to say in here. A golden eagle (Or hawk, maybe) took three of our ducks in total. It

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Chickens ,Turkeys ,and Ducks Farm stuff

Duckling

We, like last year, hatched some ducks this year. Also like last year, all but one died. Also like last year (This time I just copy-pasted it so I did not have to type it again, then felt obligated to tell you that, then felt obligated to tell you that I felt obligated to tell you that… well, yeah, um, I am good at getting stuck in loops like that, and now I have typed an entire line or two so just to say that, and by now it would have been less effort to have just typed it…), The duckling follows me around like a shadow. NOT like last year though, I did not name the duckling Shadow. Anyway, two days ago, the duckling went for its first swim! Also, it LOVES a weed called plantain. But only if I pick it first, and if I don’t, it will just nibble at me until I do.

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