Wellspring Farm: Book 2
Potter, Dorothea
In this second book of the Wellspring Farm series Great Aunt Nettie decides to raise hens. She enlists the help of her Great Niece, Amber and Caleb, a new boy that has moved in across the creek. While making preparations for the hens, she helps a neighbor with a rescue horse, defends the house from a mouse invasion, and tries to mollify the gnomes that have gone on a rampage.