Thursday, May 15, 2008
Wow, I havent updated in a long time
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So much happening, and yet, so little really. We've been busy with gardens, animals and life. But we're about to get busier still. We now have two goats. Mia, our Oh-so-sweet Nigerian Dwarf goat that we milk for a mere cup of milk a day, but we're freezing it to use for cheese later..LOL and (heavy sigh) a free Pygmy goat that we got from someone on freecycle. and should NOT have. She's nice, not wild or anything, friendly enough, but she does NOT like Mia and because she has horns, she headbutts everything :( including Mia. She is going to a new home with a friend of ours who needs a goat for brush clearing. Her name is Betty boop, but we've just called her BB, cos I cant bear to call a goat Betty. We seem to have lost a few chicken recently, no idea how, but we had 24 chicks and last night we could only count 21 out there. We did see a few really big birds circling in the air day before yesterday, wondering if chicken hawks have been visiting us :( Now, on to the FUN updates :) We've already eaten some romaine lettuce from the garden, and everything else is up, including the watermelon and cantaloupe. Todays project is weeding in the garden. If we hit it as a team, we can get it done quickly, the key is making sure the children understand which are weeds and which are plants. AND..... We're getting a very pregnant Jersey cow to add to our family. She doesnt have a name yet, so we're thinking on that, but she is due within the next month, and we'll have a birth and a calf around here! And then, LOTS of milk! probably 4-5 gallons a day. Cheese, butter, yogurt, and all the milk the kids want to drink! I'll be sure to post pictures after she's home with us. We have bunnies too, they were suppose to be bred and expecting, but we never saw any babies so we rebred them and we'll check in a few days for 'marbles' in the mama bunny and see if we're expecting yet. I guess thats about it right now. I need to do some baking, and we're anxiously awaiting our wheat order from Walton feed. |
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Sunday, May 25, 2008 - Your Farm
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Posted by Anonymous