Buggy Ridge Farms
a few of our favorite farm and family photos
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The kids ready for their first day of school - September 2008
A vampire and cowgirl ready for their Halloween party - October 2008
"Hollywood" Helena in her sun glasses at 3 years old with one of our goat kids
A.J. at 5, missing his front teeth and his '74 Beetle
My total station used for surveying around the farm
A.J. at 5 years old runs the prism rod on a fence layout survey
Sparkles is one of our dairy goats
Lena is a Kiko breed meat goat
The goat herd out grazing in the pasture behind the house
A.J. and Big Boy, our first Boer buck. He was a really friendly goat.
Helena hugs Cassie next to her daughter Pearl. These are our best dairy goats.
Young Luna and Lena, Kiko goat sisters
Triplets from Marie, a former dairy goat that we donated to a needy family for milk
Pork Chop and Bacon snooze in their dog house. They're in the freezer now.
A few of the kid's pet Auracanas. These lay colored Easter eggs.
Last years Holiday turkeys
A group of our broilers in their movable pen. They get fresh grass daily.
Some of our free range layers
Mo, Curly and Shep - Runner Ducks
Connie is our best purebred Belted Galloway cow. She is friendly and a good mother.
Connie's first calf, a pure bred Belted Galloway (Beltie)
Connie's 2nd calf, an Angus/Beltie cross a couple days old.
A group out front grazing
Two 2008 crossbred Angus/Beltie calves
A.J. and Xena at about 5 months. Xena is a Great Pyrenees livestock guard dog.
Helena and Xena talk a walk in the snow
Xena at 10 months
Another picture at 10 months
Kids running around a few round bales
A.J.'s first pellet rifle. He shot a muskrat right after this photo and felt a little sorry afterward.
Helena and Sam who used to be Katie until we found out he was a male.
Kids on the bike path next to the farm. It extends for 50 miles in both directions.
Helena on the 2555 John Deere loader tractor. It isn't pretty but gets the job done.
The original Beltie herd from 2006 lined up in the snow.
Beautiful but dangerous as the electricity can be out for a couple days.
A picture of the wetland out back and the family winter playground.
The old rugged barn out front in dire need of repair. It is vintage 1890.
Winter 2007. The kids have really grown since this photo.
A ton of hay bales on our 3/4 ton pickup. Our Cumins diesel Dodge is one tough farm truck.
A.J.'s on top of a huge dune on Michigan's west coast on his 7th birthday.
Shivering kids on a Michigan west coast beach. Our beaches rival any in California.
The kids in front of one of Michigan's many lighthouses.
Mom and the kids next to our 1984 Mercedes 300 D turbo diesel.
A very dirty 300D pulled out of the garage for a quick photo.
Found in a barn in northwestern Virginia, a 1977 BMW 1000cc motorcycle nearly restored.
Driving the 4010 John Deere mowing oats on our rented farm up the road a ways.
Vintage farm equipment; our 1954 Ford Golden Jubilee and 1948 Farmall Cub.
A close up of our John Deere 2555 loader tractor made in West Germany.
Our John Deere 8300 grain drill is one of the most popular grain drills.
A close up of the Ford that was purchased in Virginia.
A close up of our round baler.
1963 4010 diesel John Deere. This tractor is 100% made in the USA.
This is a photo that demonstrates what happens when the kids grab the camera!.
Helena in the garden at 3.
Mom spends much of her time here as the kids rarely stop eating.
A couple years ago delivering hay to the back pasture..
American Gothic picture of dad.
We plant many plants for butterflies and pollinators.
A portion of the orchard sleeping last winter that will be producing very well in a couple years.