Serenity Acres Now

Chronicles Of A Family Farm

  • Cheerful Flowers

    Cheerful Flowers

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    Nerdbilly

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    I really need to break up the doom and gloom of the horrific attack on our chicken flock with something cheerful. I’m sure you’d agree. So, here are some beautiful flowers from around the farm. Enjoy!   I really want to grow more varieties of poppies next year. I have some seeds that I plan…

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  • Dog Attack On Our Flock, Part IV

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    Nerdbilly

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    Friday, sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., our flock was once again attacked, all inside of the fenced-in area. We discovered a corner of the fence that had been knocked down, and it was from the side of the area closest to the neighbor’s whose dog we suspect in all of these attacks. Once…

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  • Soap Making

    Soap Making

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    Nerdbilly

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    Handmade goat’s milk soap is something we’ve said we would make once the girls started milking, and I think we are finally going to be able to start doing that soon! I’ve been doing a lot of reading about cold process soap making, and from what I’ve seen, The Soap Maker’s Companion seems to be…

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