Dorsettsheep's Blog

Dorsettsheep

An Organic Gardening Grandma who has raised sheep and just about everything else. We have had years where we provided most everything for our meals year round. Yes I can food, freeze, and dry foods. We raised goats and milk cows, even kept bees. This is the first year in 40 years we have not had farm animals of any kind. I still have my large garden, we now have more flowers than we used to. Herbs run rampant in the rows. We have four house cats (one is 20 years old), 2 african gray parrots that are 35 years old, We are down to one tiny little dog who looks like, "honey, who shrunk the border collie". She was dumped at the gate (her name is "Honey"). We have 25+ cats we feed in the barn. None are tame, but all come up for diner. They make my life happier. We never see any snakes where they are. Being we used to see a lot of copperheads in the garden the cats are a blessing. We feed Raccoons (it keeps them out of my garden). Yes we could trap them and relocate them...but no one else wants them around either. We also feed birds year round and hummers april 14 till they leave. What do I love, just about everything. I sew (make all the grandkids costumes), Quilt, garden, paint, cook, write poetry and prose. These are just a few of my favorite things.