Thursday, June 5, 2014

Bear Creek Ranch



The Rooster's our Watchman the Lord of the Farm

I have just moved my blog from Wordpress to Blogspot.  It's in disarray at the moment until I figure out how this all works so please be patient.  I think I have lost all the lovely comments I had received by my wonderful friends and followers out there.  I haven't posted much for about 3 years, since my pregnancy with the twins and of course their first two years have kept me busy. 

Twins wandering about the barn area
They love the chickens and of course getting their hands into the chicken and horse feed.  They fancy the taste of it, especially when they pick it from the ground.

Twins holding hands, almost 2 years.

They are so adorable, they have grown so fast.

Swimming with their big brothers

Sasha and Sania enjoy sharing beautiful moments with their little siblings.


Momps their little pony
They love to ride him.


Farm Cats
We adopted two cats from the shelter to help us control the rats and moles. They are doing a fantastic job - they are also so patient and forgiving with the twins who climb on them, pull their fur and carry them any which way they can.

Dylan helps filling the horses water buckets
More of it goes out the bucket than in, all children love to play with water.


Chicken love
We sometimes have to save the chickens from being cuddled to Death!


Flower babes

Catching chickens!


Farm helper
Ready to collect those vegetables and/or weeds.

Zucchini Transport
I am amazed how fast Zucchini grows.

All the pretty horses grazing the spring grass
I wish I had more time to spend with these beautiful creatures.  


Lukas, our volunteer from Germany helping plant the Olive Trees

A few months ago my husband and a couple of volunteers prepared the ground for the planting of 3,500 olive trees.  This was no easy task;  many dead trees and debris to clear away and holes to dig mostly in hard rocky ground.  They are all growing well now. Our attention is now on the competing  weeds which we clear away by hoe since our farm is soon to be Certified Organic.