Pastures, minerals, and the Ozark sale. And my two cents.
As most of you who have read my blog for any length of time already know, we are not only trying to grow goats on the farm, but also to bring back land used for tobacco for years to a diverse,...
View ArticleSEKGA sale in Perry Georgia
two Nanook Onyx Bear daughters - the front might have been the high seller.Well, this year we had to decide whether we would attend the AKGA convention sale, or the SEKGA sale. Since the kids are now...
View ArticlePlanning for fall and some helpful products.
Okay, I'm freaking out. I know anyone in a drought stricken area will have little sympathy, but we had five inches of rain in less than 48 hours earlier this week, and it worries me no end. We didn't...
View ArticleThe heat is on!
And we knew it was coming, just not when it was coming. We had been lucky that the spring had been for the most part mild, as everyone, both man and beast, handles temperatures in the eighties a sight...
View ArticleI never get tired of this...
But I'm sure Chuck does. I am quite convinced this is the perfect way to keep goats, save for the labor involved. We have the Perry sale group of does in quarantine down at the bottom end of the farm...
View ArticleOf toxins and tannins...
Last weekend, we called down to Overcash Hay Farm and, as we had hoped, our other "hay man" had gotten his AU Grazer baled and up in the barn. Last year was the first summer we had used the small...
View ArticleResilience
Sorry it has been a while since my last post, but Chuck started work at an off the farm job and now I am on farm duty with the kids, as well as the normal daily stuff and trying to find my own self a...
View ArticleWhat a blur!
Has anyone noticed it has been a while since last I blogged? I apologize for having no pictures, and will try to add some when Chuck gets home and I can get some off of his phone. Let me preface...
View ArticleSo many apologies...
Some of the does bred to Shaw for early winter kidding. ...To all of you. I haven't answered emails, phone calls, or anything else recently, and I am so deeply sorry for that. I have not been to...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving!
Happy turkeys at Thanksgiving! We knew this year we'd have a break from our old traditions at Thanksgiving simply because my mother is no longer able to cook. She is in a lovely assisted...
View ArticleHappy New Year!
Every time the New Year rolls around, I find that song by The Counting Crows rattling around in my mind. There's a line that suggets it has been a "long December, and there's reason to believe maybe...
View ArticleWe had hoped the kids would get here before the worst weather...
Last weekend we had one of those glorious days in January that make us all impatient for spring. The thermometer on the car's control panel read a full 70 degrees. The kids ran around the farm without...
View ArticleA visit to the farm.
It's been a while since I made it to the farm. The kids aren't "allowed" to go see Grandma right now because they've had a bug, so we went to the farm with Chuck. We thought we might get goats caught...
View ArticleI knew better...
Bo stopped as I stopped to take the picture, and looked at me as if to say, "You ARE coming, aren't you?"But I didn't get it ordered sooner. The temperatures have been all over the place - balmy one...
View ArticleA few pictures to show that Spring has sprung. Finally.
What a difference just a little warm weather can make! We had a really warm week with a little rain, followed by a bit of a chill, but overall, spring is here. I just had to post a picture of the...
View ArticleWhere's Chip-do
It has been a strange spring. We found an unexpected consequence of kidding extra early: if spring comes late, nobody much grows because there's nothing to eat! Finally, the kids are growing because...
View ArticleHave I mentioned we have amazing timing?
It just happens to be in the wrong direction. Chuck is trying something new this summer with the help of our hay man and his son. Chuck is trying his hand at growing 'maters on the farm. Now, I...
View ArticleTragedy and little victories.
This spring and summer has been relatively cool (not many days over 90) and unusually wet. The guy who is teaching us how to do tomatoes says he's never seen a year like this one - his tomatoes are...
View ArticleBananarama and Rice Paddies
At least the cool summer has been good for the July kidsWasn't it the Eighties group Bananarama that had that song, "Cruel Summer?" It really has been a cruel one here, although the weather itself...
View ArticleA couple of helpful links...
I've had some folks ask questions about this or that with the goats lately, so while I think I have posted several of these before, I'm going to do it again. When we have any sort of strangeness with...
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