Columbine Farm

☀️All the fencing has been torn down! Back in the brush was an old wheelchair , a tin table top from the 60s and some plastic buckets! Lots of barbed wire. Our Gnome shelters 🧌🧚‍♂️ have been left intact and after it’s all finished we can work on the area with the spring. 💦

🦮The dogs are becoming more accustomed to the surroundings and no longer bark at the cows .
🪿Goose, altho still a rowdy puppy, is staying close when we walk so even though this has been a challenge, maybe the time was needed to devote to him rather than turn him loose in a new open area . He’s actually sitting and watching again.
🩷We know there’s more challenges ahead, but we’re starting to relax a bit

☀️Today the fencing came. The farmhand is outside with the truck and I’m in the basement reassuring the dogs this is not a major attack from an unusual predator. 🚚
🪿Of course Beatrix is not feeling threatened but Goose had to look .
We’re getting closer to letting them be outside and on their own property.
🫣It’ll be another learning curve ahead though… stay tuned.. video of the truck dumping next.

Aside from our move ..
📧I received an email today about a sale on products since the holidays are coming. It’s pretty scary with inflation…

🧈I used to use cocoa butter in my formulas for soap, etc.
Well, cocoa butter sky rocketed about 2 years ago and tripled in price.
BUT, no problem, I actually loved Kokum butter so I developed recipes to use it in the soap, the lotion, and the lotion bars. It helps make soap bars hard, and creates a hydrating, moisturizing, fast absorbing lotion that does not clog pores.

👀Looking at this current sale, I see Kokum butter has doubled. The sale prices aren’t too helpful when Kokum butter used to be $50 for 5 pounds and of course cocoa butter was even less. I’ll have to think about pricing …

🌳🪾Good Morning!! Yesterday evening we walked the dogs along the old fence line at the “end” of the pasture.
🌳🍁This area divides us between another neighbor. It’s a small stretch of forest, including white pine, honeysuckle, and various plants and foliage . There is a small spring which is basically mud right now, but the farmhand will work on that. As much as possible will be kept when the new fencing is placed.
🧚🧌🐉I do think gnomes and faeries live down there.