July and Sept 2026 – Hybrids and goats

We saw two kinds of hybrid ducks at the farm refuge. One was white and looked very much a domestic duck.

It’s much larger than the Wandering Whistling Ducks. It looks like a mother duck swimming with her babies!

The other hybrid dark. It looked black from a distance but was actually brown. It has a ring of white feathers on its neck.

And we also had a family of goats go down to the Big Pond!

And here’s a nice photo of all the plants growing in the Big Pond.

The Ones That Didn’t Work Out

This is somewhat related to my previous post called Looking Forward where I wrote about a few things I’m looking forward to doing on the farm. This is a list of ideas for the farm that we’ve had to ditch because we realized that they wouldn’t work out. Continue reading “The Ones That Didn’t Work Out”