Wild Roses: Grow and Eat Them

Wild roses always have five petals—no more, no less—and while most are pink, some are white, yellow or red.

wild burros

How To Adopt Wild Burros

For the past three weeks, I’ve been blogging fun stuff about donkeys, but here’s a serious topic. Lots of donkeys need good homes, and you could adopt one if you like.

famous donkeys

Famous Donkeys

Donkeys are famous! At least some of them are. Here are some noteworthy donkeys you might or might not have heard of. If you can think of others, please leave a comment. Our donkey, Ishtar, wants to know!

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Donkey’s Milk

I’ve been thinking about the many things I’ve blogged about, and I haven’t talked much about donkeys! Oh, I blogged about donkeys as livestock guardians, but not about everyday donkey stuff or the wild and wacky things Mom learned about donkeys when writing The Donkey Companion (Storey Publishing, 2008).

Carrot: Our Small, Surprise Lamb

This blog is for Abigail, who wanted to know more about having lambs. I said I’d blog about it when our next lamb arrived, and he’s here!

Roses for Esme

Mom’s making greeting cards like her Christmas holiday cards featuring Esme to give her friends as gifts.

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Multiflora Rose: Invasive Weed (and Yummy Treat)

Do you have multiflora rose on your farm? We do. It grows down in the hollow near our pond. Sometimes Mom takes Uzzi and me down to to the hollow to browse, and we love nibbling multiflora rose petals.

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Weird Llama and Alpaca Behaviors

Last week, we talked about where llamas and alpacas came from. According to the International Lama Registry there are 163,131 llamas in the United States and the Alpaca Registry says there are 167,802 alpacas, too. Lamas are popular nowadays!