Friday, October 5, 2012

Friday Morning Farming...

Mornings are always a little hectic for me while I feed and care for five dogs, a cat, and six chickens. And run around and try to make myself presentable for work. And it doesn't help that I almost always oversleep. But I always try to take a few minutes to enjoy the morning and the animals as they start their day.

I've pulled out the tomato, eggplant, okra and bell peppers from summer and the raised beds are empty. Well, sort of. Right now, this is happening:


Apparently, I'm sprouting dogs. And yes, those are some pink plastic flamingos in the background because I'm cheeky like that.

I'm going to plant some cool weather crops this weekend, but I'm afraid I've waited a little too late. I've had a summer garden the last two years, but this will be my first attempt at a fall garden so there's definitely a learning curve. We'll see how it goes. But obviously I can't have spinach and lettuce sharing space with those two up there (or being munched on by the rabbits that wander by), so this will also be happening:


We've had some wonderful rain the past few days, but unfortunately, the Silkie girls don't fair so well when it's wet. See how tiny she is? This is Eloise, and she's full-grown. She may be small, but she has a BIG voice. And this is her rocker chick look from this morning:


Tallulah, my other Silkie was already in the nesting box when I opened the coop up for the girls at dawn. She left me an early morning gift. She lays very pretty, off-white but very pointy eggs.  


And this guy helped supervise the collection process:


The weather is starting to get cool around these parts, and all the creatures in my household (including me) are very happy about that. So Happy Friday everyone... hope you all have a great weekend and Go Tigers!


Monday, October 1, 2012

A New Beginning

I began my original blog - Pecan Pie Puppies - as an ode to all things dog. And that worked out well for quite a while since I have lots of dogs and had no shortage of material. But I had a great deal of other things on my mind that I wanted to share, and so the gang and I have moved here to Five Dog Farm permanently.

My hope is to share not only my dogs and our adventures, but also my new foray into chicken-keeping, my passion for gardening and homekeeping, and whatever else tickles my fancy.

For those of you that have followed us from Pecan Pie Puppies (I hope there are some of you out there), I promise there will be many new posts about all things dog (and all of our old posts have moved here as well). But you'll have to put up with a little chicken in between. I look forward to sharing my adventures and stories with y'all, and hopefully some of what I offer will be helpful in some way. So onward we go... you can learn more about all my furry and winged beasts by clicking on the tabs up top. Thanks for reading!

Friday, October 14, 2011

it's that time again...


Oh, yes... it's time for Christmas collars once again. I'm putting them in the shop a little earlier this year because I'll be closing down the shop the Sunday after Thanksgiving.


From about November 1st until December 23rd last year, I was getting about 3 hours of sleep each night (and pulling an all-nighter at least once a week) to get all of my orders out on time. And while I was SO incredibly grateful for the business, I literally began to hate the holidays because I was sleep-deprived and REALLY cranky. I had zero time to shop for or wrap gifts, spend time with family and friends and if it weren't for my mother, I probably wouldn't even have had a Christmas tree.


So I'm determined to actually enjoy Christmas this year... hence the reason the shop will be closing on November 27th.

So make sure to order early this year... I think the new styles are pretty cute! And my classic Poinsettia collar, along with my tartan bowtie collars, are back in the shop this year too!

Friday, September 9, 2011

football season is upon us!

Just for you Bulldog fans... 

Happy Friday friends... It's football season folks and I'm excited! I love this time of year, and I'm sending good thoughts to my Clemson Tigers. My blood runs orange and if you've never experienced the most exciting 25 seconds in college football, you don't know what you're missing!

I just added a new collection to the shop this morning that features a new style of bow collar in college team colors. So far you'll find the University of Georgia, University of Alabama and the University of Texas. I'll be adding Clemson, South Carolina, Ole Miss and Iowa (and perhaps Auburn) next Friday.

You might be wondering why a Clemson collar wasn't the first version I made. Well... it's freakin' hard to find cute "true" purple fabrics for some reason! I'm on a mission this weekend to locate a purple fabric that will work and as soon as I find it, rest assured a Clemson collar will follow close behind!

And if you have a favorite team that I haven't listed, you can always contact me for a custom order...