Missy Blankenship
Exciting News!!
We've got some new additions here at Leaning Oaks Farm. Well, let me back up a bit ... Back in April, we had a request to take in an...
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Missy Blankenship
- Jan 12
- 1 min
Here we go again ...
Well, that year flew by in a flash. Let's see what you missed. I lost Princess Laya due to an unknown accident, and Louise to a hawk...
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Missy Blankenship
- Jan 8, 2023
- 1 min
It's Been a Hot Minute
I've been thinking that I really needed to get back to this, but I didn't really intend for it to be this way. I just walked out into the...
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Missy Blankenship
- Aug 28, 2022
- 1 min
It's Been a While
Yes, I've been slacking the last couple of months. Well, really, I've been busy. We took several trips in the second half of the...
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Missy Blankenship
- Jul 1, 2022
- 3 min
First Egg!!
We got our first egg yesterday. It was very exciting. Couple of things about this first egg. First, the color - isn't it beautiful? ...
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Missy Blankenship
- Jun 23, 2022
- 1 min
Pickles!!!
My cucumber plants were a little slow to get started, but now that they have, well, I have plenty of cucumbers, let's just put it that...
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Missy Blankenship
- Jun 12, 2022
- 2 min
Uh oh
Well, it seems we have run into a bit of a situation. A "that was supposed to be a hen, but is apparently a rooster" type of situation....
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Missy Blankenship
- Jun 6, 2022
- 2 min
Update on the Garden (in other words, no eggs yet)
We're still on egg watch, so I thought I should update everyone on the state of the garden. It's gotten off to a slow start, and...
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Missy Blankenship
- Jun 3, 2022
- 1 min
Clipping Wings
We've had a number of breakouts this week. The chickens have discovered that the "grass is greener" on the other side of the fence. We...
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Missy Blankenship
- May 31, 2022
- 1 min
New Family Member
You might have noticed a new picture on the homepage. That's right, we have a new family member. Meet Duke. Or Sir Duke, as Lee likes...
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Missy Blankenship
- May 17, 2022
- 2 min
The Fruits of my Labor, and the Case of the Missing Chicken
I've finally had the first "real" harvest from my garden. I dug up some potatoes on Sunday and made mashed potatoes. Yum. I posted this...
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Missy Blankenship
- Apr 26, 2022
- 1 min
Chillin with the Chickens
Now that we've moved the coop outside and the weather has gotten nice, we've taken to giving the girls some supervised free range time. ...
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Missy Blankenship
- Apr 8, 2022
- 1 min
Grateful
Today I am very grateful. I am grateful that my mother had the patience to teach me some rudimentary (very!) sewing skills when I was...
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Missy Blankenship
- Mar 25, 2022
- 3 min
Meet The Ladies
Well, I know I've been MIA for a while. Busy, busy, busy. But I finally got a chance (and some help, photo credit to my daughter...
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Missy Blankenship
- Feb 23, 2022
- 1 min
The Chicks are Coming!!!!!
The chicks are coming!! They’ve been shipped from Missouri. I’m so excited, I feel like an expectant mom all over again.
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Missy Blankenship
- Feb 1, 2022
- 2 min
Moving Right Along!
I'm really getting excited now. Big things happening!! I ordered my chicks this weekend from Cackle Hatchery in Missouri. They had a...
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Missy Blankenship
- Jan 25, 2022
- 2 min
Starting work on the Garden
Well, we got started on the garden in earnest this weekend. We built 4 additional raised garden bed boxes (we had built one back in the...
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Missy Blankenship
- Jan 16, 2022
- 1 min
What am I getting myself into?
My name is Missy, and I'm in the process of becoming a backyard farmer. We recently moved from suburbia to the country, to a beautiful...
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