Catching up...

Oh my gosh!! I haven't been on here in forever! Country life has been goin' good. My dad got a shotgun from the neighbor and he's been mass murdering skunks. :) JK! He shot about 5 or 6 in all. We've had them  wandering around and one of them was out during the day! We followed it around our property and our neighbor's until my dad came to shoot it! I just heard coyotes too last night...well, more like early morning. It was probably around 1 or 2 in the morning. It was pretty creepy; they were howling and barking!
Well, I guess that's it for a country update. Check back soon!

Another dull day in the country...

Yes, that's exactly what I thought yesterday morning. Another boring summer day, with nothing to do. Until around 4:30 in the afternoon. *scary ghost story voice* Mom and I were making dinner. I went outside to put okra in the other fridge, when I saw it. A grass fire was raging in the back pasture and the goats were running around in the barnyard. I ran inside and told Mom. She ran out to get the goats while I called 911. *scary voice stops* Thankfully, this guy showed up since his daughter saw the fire from the road. He helped us put out the majority of the fire in our pasture and in the property next to ours. By the time the fire department showed up, the fire had spread to our neighbor's property and onto the back of Medieval Times. (There were about 6 or 7 trucks there!) Yes, it was a tragic experience, yet exciting too! And at the end of it all, Mom could be heard saying, "And today was supposed to be a slow day for me to work on scrapbooks....."

History made on the farm

Today a momentous event has occured.
No, we did not buy a horse. I wish..
Yes, we did buy something.
And it's a truck! Another addition to our farm life. We'll eventually be getting chickens, and we already bought a coop as well!
The baby goats aren't so little anymore either. Zorro has gotten pretty heavy and Zelie isn't such a tiny little cutie. Although she is still a cutie... :)
That's pretty much it for an update about country life, unless you count the extreme heat!

Another addition to the Larussa farm!s

Yes, you read that correctly. We currently have 5 goats, 3 cats, (one of whom is missing in action) one dog, and.....a chicken! Yes, today we have just acquired a chicken. Mom and Dad went to look at a chicken coop on craigslist since we have so many grasshoppers, and came back with one little chicken. We don't have a name for her yet, but I'll post as soon as we do!

The kids have arrived!

This week has been sooo crazy! Our church had VBS all week so everyone has been very tired. But Mom decided to get the baby goats (kids) yesterday and they are here! We now have five goats, Chloe, Gwendolyn, Lydia, and the new kids, Zorro and Zeli. They are part Lamancha, and Nubian with a little bit of Sonnen. Unfortunately, we will have to sell Zach in about 3 months so that he won't get our other goats pregnant. :( Anyway, enough talking. Without further ado, I now present Zeli and Zorro!
                                                    This is Chloe, Zorro and Zeli's mommy. That's Zeli nursing.

                                           There's Chloe again, with Zorro. Zeli is hiding behind Zorro.

                                                    Here's my little sister Abigail with Zorro.

                                                    Here's yours truly holding Zeli.

Well, that's about it. Country gal, signing off!

Our garden!

When we first moved to our new house in Sanger, it was mid April and we didn't think we'd be able to grow much in our garden. We gave it a shot and planted blackberries, strawberries, blueberries, basil, dill, peppers, tomatoes, zucchinis, squash, watermelon, kale, okra, and green beans. Some of these plants won't produce until next year, like the berries.
Here is a picture of our garden. That pile is our compost.

                                          This is squash and zuchinni.

                                          These are our tomatoes.

                                          This is butternut squash, okra, and a tomato plant that got stuck there. :)

                                          These are the peppers, watermleon, basil, dill and some other stuff.

We made our garden by putting a length of wood across from the haybales. Then we put stones in front.
I'll post some pictures of our fresh veggies soon too! Stay tuned.

Me or you?

We own 5 goats, with 2 of them at our small farm as of now. Animals like that usually follow the person who feeds them, milks them, and takes care of them in general. So my mom and I decided to do a test to see which of us the goats would follow. I started walking down one end of the back pasture and my mom started walking down the other side. We just walked without looking back and then I heard my mom gasp. I turned around to see Gwendolyn and Lydia following me! I started laughing since I don't do much of the milking yet and I don't feed them either. I just play with them and give them vegetable scraps. But then, when we met at the barn, they turned and started walking to Mom. Quite an amusing thing. 

Sometime in the very near future I'll be talking about our garden and posting some pictures of it. Oh, and here are some photos of our goats.

                    This is Lilly. We had to trade her for another goat since she had horns. Isn't she just adorable?

This picture is Gwendolyn and Lilly. Doesn't Lilly look so cute?!?

And this is Chloe. We traded Lilly for her. She looks like Bambi, doesn't she?

This is Gwendolyn and Lilly again. NOTE: These pics were taken at the Wingard's house. This is not our barnyard. Oh, and that's my  little sister Abigail.

Welcome!

Welcome to the Country Gal! I'll be blogging about living in the country. Hope you'll tune in and please check out my first blog www.debatebooksandmoreinajar.blogspot.com! Thanks!