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Busy HOT HOT Day

Craig is spending the summer w/ his uncle Kevin & working an internship w/ him.
Things have been quiet round here w/o him home.

Well... this week-end he came home to visit.
He and I enclosed my garden shed/ gazebo thing into a secondary Turkey brooder. It was alot of work in this crazy wet heat. But now 97 baby turkeys are very happy with all the room they now have.

Charles & Chris moved and rebuilt the chicken/goat yard so the ground could rest where it has been the past 3 yrs, and grass can re-grow.

Brooke spent the day causing trouble and trying to love the cats to death literally! lol

All in all it was a productive day. HOT but productive.

It rained again, so, of course, no more digging was done on the pond.
Bu with the rain came a beautiful rainbow! I just love them! so I guess its ok lol

Everyone says today 07/07/07 is a lucky day..... so I caved and bought my one lottery ticket for the year. The boys are just 100% sure we are going to win $16,000,000 tonight lol
Its a nice dream..... But thats all.

more tomorrow..... after we win lol

Rain Rain & More Rain!!

Yesterday was the 4th of July.
The boys were all gone to the bay house, so it was just Charles , Brooke & I.
Brooke and I swam in the pool and watched the fireworks the neighbors set off. We ate dinner at The In-Laws.. it was a nice quiet day.

Then... the rain came..... all night it rained... 6" of it overnight!!

The pond that is half-dug now has about 3 feet of water in it.
Just watch... after its done, and we want it to fill up.. we'll have no rain for 5 months! lol

I'm Baaack!!

Yes, I know......
I havent kept up this blogging thing like I planned.
Things have been busy on the farm,
We are busy woking farmers markets for the season.
The eggs are selling GREAT as are the preserves and of course Amish Peanut Butter.

We are now a Turkey Farm!
We have a bunch of baby turkys growing on our farm getting ready to go t market for the holiday season.

Last week we broke ground on our pond!! I am soo excited, as are the boys we can't wait to get it stocked w/ catfish and start Fishin!!

More soon..... I promise!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!

It has been such a busy time of year, My blogging has been few and far between... I'll try to play a quick game of catch-up for y'all.

November.... Brooke turned 3!!! she is getting soo big!.
I turned 35, whoo hoo! lol
we got our first heifers!! two beautiful girls named Hershey & Paris.
hershey will be our milk cow, she is half Brayford & half Holstein.
Paris is 100% Brayford. they will both produce lots of beef-calves for the freezer. I can't wait!!

The goats (Daisy & Daffodil) are both looking miserably pregnant. Poor things.

We had our 2ns annual New Years Eve "Pig Pickin" it went great!! will have pics up on our web site www.CloverCountryFarms.com soon.

Never a Dull moment...

Leave it to me to keep things interesting around here.
as if I dont have enough to do, I just signed up for real estate school. :)

we'll see how it goes.

more soon

getting older...

Bryan turns 11 years old today.
I can't believe he is getting so big already!
He is so smart.. TOO smart!

He is consistently on the honor roll at school.
Yep, he's a little geeky... But that's Bryan. Smart as a whip.
I keep telling Charles that we need to be nice to Bryan.. he will be the one paying for our elder care! lol

Happy Birthday Dear Bryan!

Wife Swap PRESS RELEASE

The show will air on Oct 16th. on ABC
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SELF PROCLAIMED REDNECK HOUSEWIFE SWAPS WITH A STATUS CONSCIOUS HOUSEWIFE WHO TREATS HER OWN MOTHER LIKE A NANNY AND A MAID, ABCS ON WIFE SWAP


This week in Lovazzano/Clover, a wealthy and pampered housewife living the Hollywood life in California swaps with a down-home, country mom, on Wife Swap, MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.


Each week from across the country, two families with very different values are chosen to take part in a two-week long challenge. The wives from these two families exchange husbands, children and lives (but not bedrooms) to discover just what its like to live another womans life. Its a mind-blowing experiment that often ends up changing their lives forever.


For Tina Lovazzano (39), her husband, Bruce (43), and their two children, Kaila (14) and Shae (11) of California, keeping up with the Joneses is their main objective. Tina believes that her family must have a ton of money to look right and have a good time. Her biggest worry is deciding which of her two Ferraris to drive on her countless shopping trips, where the sales people all know her name. Tina takes pride in her lavish household and designer backyard, but relies on hired hands and her own mother to tend to it all. Husband Bruce is a successful business owner who prefers to spend time alone watching TV or working out instead of getting to know his daughters better. Tina and Bruce are too busy taking care of their own needs to worry about the actual running of their home, so for that that they rely on Grandma (Tinas mother). Shes up every morning by 6 a.m. to cook, clean, garden and chauffer. As she says, Grandma dont have time for anything! And Kaila and Shae would never think of lifting a finger to help Grandma out. Designer clothes and being popular come first for them, following in their parents footprints.


Tina heads to Texas, where Dana Clover (35) and her husband, Charles (35), turn their noses up at extravagance and embrace old-fashioned country living and values. Dana starts her morning at 4:15 a.m., getting her boys Craig (14), Bryan (10), Benjamin (6) and Christopher (13) off to school before she embarks on her long day of farming chores, keeping house and taking care of two-year old Brooke. She prefers playing in the mud with her pigs to fast city life and fancy things, and does all the cooking from scratch. In keeping with their down-home lifestyle, the family recently killed a pig and cooked it in a smoker that Charles built from an old propane tank. Dana and Charles couldnt care less about impressing people with their appearances. As Charles likes to say, If you dont like the way it looks, then dont look at it. Hes a hands-on dad with a heart of gold, but hes trained the Clover boys that chores come before fun. The boys love living on the farm with their animals, but dont like the responsibilities that come with them. Even though their parents dont like city life, these boys are desperate to look beyond the horizon of their own backyard.


In the first week of the swap, Tina trades in her $500 pumps for a pair of flip flops while she mucks pig stalls and mows the lawn -- all while chasing after the Clover kids. Meanwhile, Dana is disgusted by how extravagant and spoiled the Lovazzano girls are, and is confounded by Grandma, who waits on Dana hand and foot while she lounges by the pool.


In the second week of the swap, Tina declares that the Clover boys need a good dose of luxury and pampering, which drives Charles to the edge. Not only is she undoing all of the values he and Dana have spent years instilling in their kids, she also brings in Danas mom as her hand-maiden so she can take a well-deserved nap. Meanwhile, Dana strips the catered-to Lovazzano girls of their designer jeans and introduces the concept of hard work. Grandma gets the week off, so Bruce is forced to step up to the plate to take care of his home and pay attention to his daughters.


At the end of the swap, when the couples are reunited, will the Lovazzano girls learn the value of a dollar? Will the Clover kids turn in their cool clothes for the old overalls that theyre used to?


Wife Swap is an RDF USA production. It was created by Stephen Lambert and is executive-produced by Wendy Roth and Stephen Lambert of RDF Media (Faking It and Junkyard Wars) and Michael Davies of Embassy Row (Who Wants to be a Millionaire). Cristin Cricco, Stephanie Schwam Adams and Mike Gamson are the co-executive producers.


Wife Swap is broadcast with Spanish subtitles via secondary closed captioning. A TV parental guideline will be assigned closer to airdate


Our show aired on Oct 16th.
here is our family Bio...

Clover Family
In Texas, Dana Clover (35)
and her husband, Charles (35),
turn their noses up at extravagance and embrace old-fashioned country living and values.
Dana starts her morning at 4:15 a.m., getting her boys Craig (14), Bryan (10), Benjamin (6) and Christopher (13) off to school before she embarks on her long day of farming chores, keeping house and taking care of two-year old Brooke.
She prefers playing in the mud with her pigs to fast city life and fancy things, and does all the cooking from scratch.
In keeping with their down-home lifestyle, the family recently killed a pig and cooked it in a smoker that Charles built from an old propane tank.
Dana and Charles couldn't care less about impressing people with their appearances.
As Charles likes to say, "If you don't like the way it looks, then don't look at it." He's a hands-on dad with a heart of gold, but he's trained the Clover boys that chores come before fun.
The boys love living on the farm with their animals, but don't like the responsibilities that come with them.
Even though their parents don't like city life, these boys are desperate to look beyond the horizon of their own backyard.


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