Walton's Rookie Ranch
After many years of city living, our family moved out to the country. Two years into living on our Southern California property, we realized we needed to start documenting all the projects, struggles, experiences, and joys that country living comes with. We are just an ordinary family learning to adapt to life on the "Ranch". We raise chickens, goats, fish, turtles, kids (the human kind) and enjoy a constant flow of new projects. Who knows what animal or adventure will show up next. Our goal is to be able to record all we have done, while sharing with family, friends, and well....anyone else that wants to watch...even it if is just my mom.
DIY Owl Nesting Box | Dissecting Owl Pellets
Live Trapping a Gopher | Pet Gopher
Baby Bluegill! The Bluegill in Our Pond Spawned
DIY Outdoor Cat Shelter Made from Ice Chest
Hiking with the Kids to Eagle Rock on the Pacific Crest Trail
Trout Fishing Lake Cuyamaca, California
Harvesting Our Homegrown Pumpkins (a little early)
How to Catch Turtles without a Net or Trap
We Stock Our Pond with: Frogs, Minnows, Bass, Bluegill, and a Red Eared Slider Turtle
Baby Nigerian Dwarf Goat Playtime
Nigerian Dwarf Goat Birth | A New Baby Goat on the Farm!
Moving Our Chicks from the Brooder to the Coop
Our DIY Fish Pond (Part 3) Stocking Fish, Adding rocks and Sand
Our DIY Fish Pond (Part 2), Pond Liner Installation and DIY Bog Filter
Catching Squirrels with the Squirrelinator | These California Ground Squirrels Have to Go!
Our First Attempt Hatching Chicken Eggs with an Incubator
Our DIY Fish Pond (Part 1), Digging the Pond
Sulcata Tortoise Enclosure Tour
Catching and Relocating Rattlesnakes with a Homemade Snake Noose
Training Goats on Electric Fence to Put on Pasture
Our Beginner's Garden
What Do We Do with these Wild Baby Bunnies?
What Will the Family Think of these new Goats?