Hi, I’m Farm Girl and I live on LittleHouseFarm which is located in the Hudson Valley.

Living on a farm isn’t easy ‘cause you never have a moment to yourself. But some jobs are fun. My Herding Ducksfavorite job is watering the ducks. Pekin Ducks. The ducks share a small kiddy pool so that they can have some water, since their pen is almost as slippery as the pig pen but it doesn’t smell as bad. How you water the ducks is by turning a hose on medium and spraying it on them. Once you have the ducks’ attention, they will most likely hold their heads up high and show you the muck on their chests so that you can clean it off. Once that’s done, they put their heads down so you can give them water from the hose. They jump in the kiddy pool, which has clean water. It’s their version of being pampered in a spa.

Yesterday, I was trying to get the ducks into their house, but since they are incredibly stupid, they were running all around the rim of the pen. It was so tricky, because I could not separate the ducks from each other. I led them one way, but they just ran to the back of their house, but not into it. I got one or two in at the start, but they went right out. While trying to chase the ducks, I put my foot in one of the gookiest spots and slipped and fell. Luckily I didn’t get my pink mini-dress gooky, only my hand, knee and shoes! And then I just gave up trying to get them in. Later that evening, I finally succeeded. They were a little sleepy and actually wanted to go to bed, instead of thinking of it as a game.

Next time I write, I will hopefully not have fallen into the mud and tracked mud onto the keyboard!