Green Walls of Abundance
We had to move Leroy and Roger this week. Last week we put them in with Pete. Pete is a buck. Leroy is also a buck. Prior to putting...
Amazing things I've learned from dogs
We had to move Leroy and Roger this week. Last week we put them in with Pete. Pete is a buck. Leroy is also a buck. Prior to putting...
It was a really busy week on the farm! One of the main things that happened was that Leroy moved to a new pen. He was showing signs of...
Look at this sky. This is the sky above the back pen. Where Triscuit lives. And those two rescues from goat yoga. The sky here nearly...
There’s a pasture behind the back pen that our neighbors use. A couple of days ago, when we were feeding our goats, the neighbors’ cows...
This week we stopped giving animal crackers to the goats. Well, we didn’t stop entirely, we just cut way back. We used to give them...
When I was young, if I said, “Hey” anywhere near my grandmother, she would say, “Hay is for horses. Straw’s cheaper. Grass is free.” I...
I captured it! Look! That’s Lydia standing on top of Lezlie - who isn’t anybody’s mother! Then, the adults in the background are (from...
My favorite thing that happened this week might be called Goat Circus. I wish I could capture this in a photo, but so far I’ve failed. ...
It was a hard week on the farm. The two premature kids needed to be fed every other hour, and that sounds as if it would only take a few...
This week we began weaning the older kids. Jan has a gentle system for doing it. At sunset, we simply close the baby gate, keeping the...
Rain had her babies this week! This is Rain, and her daughter, River, minutes after she was born. Rain is a first-time mom, and she had...
We had another dramatic delivery this week on our farm. We brought Mothra into the kidding parlor Saturday night - checked on her every...
We have babies! On Sunday night, we decided that Phoebe was close enough to delivering that we needed to check on her in the night. Jan...
This week has been all about preparation. Preparation for kidding, preparation for our new chickens, preparation for weathering the...
This week, Jan left me alone on the farm! She went to California, to visit another farm that we trade goats with. I was very confident...
I’m thinking about words this morning. I’m thinking about the phrase “got your goat”. Some linguists believe this phrase has its roots...
On Monday, Phoebe, was 30 days away from her due date. On Wednesday, Loulu was 30 days away from her due date. They’re going to kid in...
This week I had an amazing adventure. Jan’s son, Eric, owns a hot air balloon and has a pilot’s license. I signed up to be on balloon...
A lot of wonderful things happened on our farm this week. The first, most amazing thing was: somebody forgot to schedule the butcher! ...
Last week our friend who does hooves and ultra-sounds came to trim hooves again. We all went to the back pen, where we have a second...