Unity Farm Journal - Christmas at the Farm

It’s Christmas Day on Unity Farm and the every creature has had extra attention, special meals, and new toys.What better gift for our livestock guardian dogs (Great Pyrenees) than soft fluffy beds in the barn loft?    As the pictures below illustrate, this was an ideal gift - the most fun they have had all year tearing each bed into a 1000 pieces.     It seems strange, but we made them deliriously happy with their gifts.The ducks, chickens, and guinea fowl got fresh spinach greens from the hoop house, peas, mealworms, and oats.    Below you’ll see them grazing in poultry heaven.The alpaca got alfalfa with molasses, grain, and freshly cleaned stalls.   Here’s a photo of Sunny, our baby alpaca, sitting in the Christmas Day sun with her grandma Ella.The humans roasted root vegetables and Tofu.    Gifts including warm clothes for the cold barn chores of January, books (paper and electronic) to read by the fire during the 100 days of winter, and a few updates to the home electronics we use every day.One strange observation today - in a Monty Python-like event, a “killer squirrel” caught a goldfinch and began eating it, shown below.   Comparisons to the “killer rabbit” of the Holy Grail abounded.I spent the early afternoon with all the creatures given them extra play time and love.Over the past 100 years, many cedar trees have lived and died on Unity Farm.   Since cedar does not decay, the Unity forest is filled w...
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