Tinkerbell is Well!

Tinkerbell is doing much better and is growing big fast. She is up to about 40 lbs now. She still will only eat Gerbers baby rice and oatmeal warmed to the perfect temperature.

She is like having a 2 year old in the house now! Full time job!

A good friend of ours, that used to raise pigs told us that if your pigs tail is curled up tight she's healthy and happy.

Look at that cute nose!!!!

We love you Tinkerbell!

Blooming Grove Oysters!

Kristine put me to work today holding our new baby pigs while our vet, Dr. Rogers castrated them. We were gonna fry up some pig testicles for dinner tonight... but the chickens ran off with them before we got a chance to cook them up!

This last Sunday we went to Edom, Texas to pick up 8 more baby Red Wattle pigs...four males and four female. Thanks Clifford for the healthy baby pigs!




Evelyn, one of our sheep gave birth to twins last Wednesday night(Shadow and Annie). The black sheep is a rare "Black Hawaiian"....

New Baby Lambs!

Here they come September the 6th Destiny gave birth to a set of twins lambs...a boy and a girl! We named them Rubin and Camial.







On September 20 around 7pm in the evening Lucy gave birth to a little boy we named Monkey!

And today around 4:30 pm Hilda gave birth to a big healthy baby girl!

Welcome to our world!

Saving Stinkerbell

A friends pig stopped making milk for her babies... She had 7 pigglets ,only 3 were left alive so we took them home in hope of saving them. 2 died the same day leaving only Tinkerbell/AKA Stinkerbell ( A Yorkshire breed ). We have been battling diarrhea for 2 weeks... She has lost weight in spite of her ferocious appetite. We have not slept for almost two weeks. Steve and I also had to turn the AC up to 85 to help keep her extra warm. It has been touch and go but we have seen some improvement with the addition of Goji berries and raw liver to her diet. Stinkerbell was white from anemia but is now pretty pink. Please keep her in your thoughts and send her healing love!

Taking a nap with stinker keeping her extra warm.

Stinkerbell sunbathing!















Stinkerbell sleeping in her box.

Barbado Blackelly Sheep

Our new Barbado Blackbelly Sheep are here! We have a herd of 17. 10 Pregnant Ewes and 7 rams.

Eli, is our painted desert ram.

Destiny due to lamb in 3 weeks.

Ruby due soon!

We will be having sheep milk and cheese soon....

Bio dynamic!

Bumper crops for the farm this year. The Organic Bio dynamic system we use is defiantly making a difference!!!

Field Report

The 12 Muscovy ducks we turned out into the garden are eating up all the grasshoppers! Yippy!!

The corn,tomatoes,peppers,squash, and cucumbers are looking great. Today we got some badly needed rain!

We have ordered our greenhouse...it will be here at the end of July. Just in time for fall planting.

Hello!

The Black Copper Maran's are starting to hatch!

OINK!

We are proud to introduce a new member of the Eden Creek Farm Family... Thelma Louise!

Thelma is 6 weeks old and weighs over 50 pounds. She will weigh over 1000 pounds when full grown. We will be using her for breeding purposes to help save this endangered hog.

She is a registered Red Wattle Hog from the Macaw Ranch owned by Dirk and Shirley Loren.

The Red Wattle Hog is on the critically endangered list of heritage breeds.

Oink! Oink!

Worms!

Our computer got a bad worm...that is why we haven't blogged for a while! Speaking of bad worms,the cabbage worms have destroyed most of our cabbage,collards, and kohlrabi!














The hand picking of worms and worm eggs didn't seem to work this year simply because of the numbers.

Muffin & Moses!

Muffin in her new pink dress! She likes to climb up on the back of the couch and jump off.

Moses is growing and doing well he loves to explore.

Go Mo!!!

Moses Orth...Mo for short, our new baby goat was born Saturday. Mo wasn't nursing and had to have some help, so we brought the momma goat Rosie and Mo inside the house. They slept in the living room for 2 night. This morning we were able to put them back in the pen. Mo is bucking and playing. Go Mo! Go Mo!!!!

Bumper crop

It is going to be a bumper crop for dewberries, plums and peaches this year!

Willy is on bad bug patrol...working over time making sure everything stays in balance!

The bees are working over time also...

Meetup.com day at the farm

This is the beginning of the tour where Steve is explaining our "Food Forest" and the different layers of native foods. The bottom layer is the dewberries...then the Chickasaw and Mexican plums...then the mustang grapes growing up the native persimmons. trees.

Steve discussing the importance of organic foods and avoiding GMO's!!!

Taking a walk through the "food Forest" at Eden Creek Farm!

Everyone got to pick a handful of asparagus on their way out...