I woke up this morning to learn that we have two new baby goats from the other mother. I would guess they were born early in the morning, maybe just before I came down, based on the mother goat licking them clean still. The goat above is called Spot after the white spot he has…
Dispatches From The Farm
More Firewood At A Great Price
I was so worn out yesterday when I woke up, and did not feel much up to going to get firewood. I was up late the night before talking to our oldest as he was down to pick up the two vehicles he had left in our field over winter when he thought he was…
A New Set of Baby Goats
Our black and white doe delivered her baby early this afternoon while I was out in the barn dropping off some things that did not need to be in the garage anymore. I heard a very high pitch goat cry and thought, “that’s not one of our babies!” I was wrong. It was one of…
A Few Photos In May
I was out and around the place yesterday and took a couple of photos of some of the animals we keep here on the farm, and a couple of spaces that I find interesting to the eye, every time I pass them by. The first of these spaces is a window on the house. It…
Satisfying
Mowing along the side of the road is very satisfying. It makes the land look well kept and requires only a little time and effort on the riding mower. In addition to a clean looking place, it helps to keep the weeds from taking over, and lets the grass grow lush, and thick. The llama…
The Llama & The Electric Fence
Early last year I was tilling away in a llama pen to try it out as a garden space. We grew some corn in it, but did not have the luck I had hoped for. Anyhow, when I was done tilling, I noticed the pile of hay that had been left on the ground in…
Make It Five
The little sickie of the half dozen chicks we bought today was lay down and breathing hard when I went out to check on it. I held it and tried to see if some water and feed would help it along, but to no avail. It finally looked up at me and its leg stretched…
We Bought Some New Chicks
Silver Laced Polish, Straight Run Today has been off to a get-er-done start, putting away the animal feed while we were out to do morning feed. After that, and arranging some of the new feed we bought to raise meat birds, we wiled the rest of the morning away, then went to do our grocery…
A Little Hard Work Today
Today I did a little more than I usually do on a Friday. We were too low to make it through the weekend on the animal feed we had on hand, and I wanted to do our first of the season firewood run. So, we did both today. I took the girls and went down…
Two Days Of Wanted Rain
The view out the window yesterday and today reminded me very much of England! It has been cool, but not cold, and rainy since yesterday morning. It has been cause to keep a fire burning in the stove and to keep indoors, too! The rain seems to be letting up for now, and is forecast…