This site is about my life as a farmgirl, wife, mother and grandmother. We have a beautiful granddaughter and the cutest grandson. We own two farms in Craig County Virginia, leasing one and raising beef cattle on the other.
Beauty of Summer
I remember my roses being beautiful last summer but they’ve outdone themselves again this year.
Peach rosebuds yet to unfold.White rose at its peak.The bottom was blooming last week and the top was full of buds.
Old Timey Rose and no matter how much I cut it back it bushes out and full of blooms.
The roses are beautiful but when you add a little nature . . .
We have wild rabbits everywhere and sure hope they don’t get in the garden.
then you add a view like this . . .
View from the front porch.And a view of the mountain
I am a wife, mother, and grandmother that lives on a farm in Craig County, Virginia and I am retired. I love to cook, read, quilt, craft, garden, hunt and take long walks in the woods. I have one gorgeous teen granddaughter, a wonderful little grandson and two beautiful and caring children, boy & girl.
I've been married to my farmer husband for 46 years and he's the "love of my life"!!
I love doing things the "old" way such as canning, making maple syrup & cider, handcrafts and baking. I've taught myself to crochet, embroider, and quilt with help from my paternal grandmother. I could read until the cows come home.
We live off the products we raise and hunt for the most part. We run 75 head of cattle on our farm, 30 chickens, three rabbits and one dog. I help my husband with the cattle, feeding the livestock, hauling in firewood, fence repair, and general maintenance on the farm.
I was a stay-at-home mom to my children and then went to work when they finished high school. I was a cook at a School for At-Risk Teens and part-time substitute teacher. Then I started work at our local Farm Bureau and stayed there for 17 years. I worked at Virginia Tech for almost five years and decided to take early retirement in July of 2015. NOW, I'm a full-time farmwife and loving every minute of it!
I love to read fiction and the Bible. I'm currently hooked on quilting novels and Annie's Attic mysteries.
I started this blog in 2011 and have met so many interesting bloggers and have kept up with my friends through my blog.
I love to hunt with my bow and rifle and with a camera. We hunt to fill the freezer and cellar but would never kill anything for the fun of it.
I have friends and family all over the United States. Some of my ancestry last names are Bradley, Dickson, Hylton, and Rose.
I've lost both of my parents to brain cancer and miss them very much. I have one sister and four living brothers. I was raised in Paint Bank VA and moved to New Castle VA when I married. I went to school in Waiteville, WV, Gap Mills, WV and New Castle Va with a short semester of college at Virginia Western Community College in Roanoke VA.
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I’m not sure if they are native to the US or not and never thought about it. We don’t have that many on the farm because the predators like coyotes, bobcat, hawks and fox keep the numbers down. I love watching them.
We have 13 at the moment and ten are only seven weeks old. I really am enjoying raising them but they keep me busy pulling grass for them and keeping their feed and water bowls filled.
Rabbits are pests here in Australia.
They are not native to Australian fauna,
Imported by the damn Poms for shooting!!
Maybe way back in 1788 at the time of the settlement
of Australia, Englishmen forgot that rabbits breed – ha ha!
Are rabbits native to the USA??? Or were they imported when the
Americas were discovered and settled by various European
countries – Dutch, British, French and Spanish at various parts
of the USA land mass???
Your Aussie Mate
Colin
This is the blog for our little farm in Skagit county. Here we have Shetland sheep and Nigerian Dwarf goats. In addition we have donkeys, cattle, pigs, chickens, geese, and peafowl. The blog describes the weekly activities here.
countrygirl-lifeonthefarm 
beautiful!!!!
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Beautiful roses indeed.
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Your roses are stunning and so healthy .. And that view! Wonderful
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Thanks Julie! I love gardening in the yard and our bountiful garden.
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I’m not sure if they are native to the US or not and never thought about it. We don’t have that many on the farm because the predators like coyotes, bobcat, hawks and fox keep the numbers down. I love watching them.
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It’s a beautiful day in your neighborhood. 🙂 We have only one rabbit here, and he is a pet so we pick his lettuce from the garden. 🙂
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We have 13 at the moment and ten are only seven weeks old. I really am enjoying raising them but they keep me busy pulling grass for them and keeping their feed and water bowls filled.
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Rabbits are pests here in Australia.
They are not native to Australian fauna,
Imported by the damn Poms for shooting!!
Maybe way back in 1788 at the time of the settlement
of Australia, Englishmen forgot that rabbits breed – ha ha!
Are rabbits native to the USA??? Or were they imported when the
Americas were discovered and settled by various European
countries – Dutch, British, French and Spanish at various parts
of the USA land mass???
Your Aussie Mate
Colin
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