| From 1999 to 2002, Jenny and Vicky had a farm in southern Maryland. The farm came with a pig, an old house, and 126 acres (mostly forest, but a large central pasture surrounding the house). First, we bought an old Percheron named Bess (see pictures of me riding her on the right). Then Jenny bought some sheep. Every year from late January through the middle of March, the sheep would give us cute little lambs. Alas, they had to eat. |
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| We also got chickens, another horse named Molly (who gave us a cute colt who we named Sandstorm, or Sandy). Then we got a llama to protect the sheep (which didn't work out so well, so he stayed with the horses). All these animals ended up eating more than our pasture could support, so we ended up buy a lot of hay (and supplemented it with grain feed). |
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| All this feed and vet bills and a hefty mortgage kept us from being able to afford the farm for the long term. We ended up moving back to Manassas (we'd been renting out our house there). |