I was pleased to see a goat related comment on my website this week, and I would like to give a brief description of a few common goat breeds for those who are interested in obtaining their own cloven-hooved companions. Saanens: These are o…
FenBar's Top Five Dream Jobs
FenBar's Top Five Dream Jobs for Mules and Other Equines: 5. Movie Star.
I could handle some peanut butter on the palate and a piece of thread under my lip if it meant that, in my efforts to dislodge them, I was promoted to internation…
Roach Clips (No, not that kind . . .)
Hello Fenway, my name is Doc and I’m an 8 year old john mule. I recently selected a human named Gerry to be my caretaker and all around man servant. Gerry hasn’t required much retraining and I think I’ll keep him. However, Gerry, a male h…
Raising Good Goats (or raising good anythings, really)
We raise good goats here at Bent Barrow Farm. I know, I know, Jasper Jules is a bit of a tool, but he and Missy, Empress of All that the Light Touches, really are sweet. It is not just the fact that they are my only hooved companions in t…
Breed Stereotype Haiku
An apology:
FarmWife has been quite busy,
transcriptionist tied up.
Desert sheik's steed—
Nostrils and eyes all agog,
Master of the spook.
Justin Morgan had
A horse to beat all horses
Foundation type, please!
Ich bin fancy horse
Ich co…
Pasture from Scratch: Tips from the FarmWife
Dear Readers,
You must know by now that I love Bent Barrow Farm and that my FarmWife does to. It has not been born overnight, believe you me, and it is not finished by any stretch of the imagination. It is, however, coming along nicely an…
Brown Fenny
Brown Fenny By Fenway Bartholomule, with creative assistance from William Butler Yeats.
She whispered, 'I am too broke,' And then, 'my mom can loan me dough'; Wherefore she bought a Fenny Again that she might ride. 'Go and …
Amazing Feats of Balance!
Art by Raymond L. Jordan
Dear Readers,
There is a handsome cattle baby in our garden this morning, and despite a strong urge to secret him away to a green pasture of lifelong contentment, my law-abiding FarmWife was forced to notify our c…
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