Text Box: We have many things to share with regard to our little farm and, therefore, have created this site to do so. We affectionately refer to our place as Green Acres because, 1, our last name is Green and 2, our scenario is similar to the Green Acres sitcom that aired in ‘65—’71. We moved onto this little patch of land in 2003; the last thing on our mind was having a hobby farm on it. We are originally from the city of Chicago and my ideal dream home was a condo situated in the middle of down-town above a coffee shop. My husband, however, always wanted more space than that, to work on cars and call his own. When my husband told me we were moving to the “country” (which, our neighbors still think is city since we are 45 min. from downtown Dallas) I asked “what am I going to do there”. He replied “...you could have some ducks and a duck pond—since you always like feeding ducks in the city parks.” I thought that was a grand idea. So, I got some ducks and (with help) hand dug a 15 x 15 pond (in that order). From there Our Little Hobby Farm evolved. We were a far cry from county folks. When we first started this venture, I was not comfortable eating an egg that didn’t come out of a white shell (can you imagine my shock when our chickens started laying blue eggs!). And, being from the North, we also didn’t know what a chigger was—we thought we were going insane and imagining itch bites when we first got them. Then, I experienced a rude awakening (actually 13 times in one year) when I found out what poison ivy looked like and that I am highly allergic to it! Since being here, I also saw my first Bobcat and Coyote at a distance that would be too close for comfort for most. One morning, I even woke up to find stray horses in my front yard that jumped the fence in the night—I had heard of stray dogs but knew nothing about what to do with stray horses. Now, we raise all our own food that we are able to. We slaughter rabbits and chickens on our own. We oversee births and hatchings. We’ve learned to stitch a wound and give vaccination shots to our animals. We make our own cheese and soap. And, even are called on by other farmers, from time to time, for advice. In our farming years we have accumulated more stories, worth telling, than anything we may have had to talk about when living in the city (no, muggings and car wrecks really aren’t that exciting). Too many to share on this tiny web page; however, we have a few links on the left that show some of our pictures and share little bits of our adventures. In the meantime, we are slowly molding into “country folks” and are, at this point, somewhere in limbo but loving every minute of it. P.S. This web-site is on-going so, keep checking back to see updates . . .

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