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Monthly Archives: July 2012
My overalls are all in a bunch
Do you ever have one of those days where it’s so hard to be grateful? I mean you know that you SHOULD be grateful, but the day is filled with many moments where you just want to throw up your … Continue reading
Lessons from a rookie milk maid
They’ve arrived! On Sunday we transported both of our Nigerian Dwarf goats in a dog kennel and our minivan. We have one full grown doe in milk who came with the name Reindeer (this was recently changed to Millicent aka … Continue reading
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Tagged Callisto, farm, goats, milking, Millie, Nigerian Dwarf Goats
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We’re Expecting
As of this morning I am a goat owner. Two Nigerian Dwarf goats, Reindeer and Callisto, will be joining our menagerie. (These are the names they come with, but we’re deciding on whether to change Reindeer.) Both will be joining … Continue reading
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Tagged Callisto, farm, goats, milk, milking, Nigerian Dwarf, Reindeer
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Barnyard dance
After a year of talking about it and a few months of research, we are going to look at goats tomorrow morning. We have decided on Nigerian Dwarf goats since according to the books, they are easier to handle physically … Continue reading
Emily Post would be outraged
While there are lots of fun parts to parenthood, farming, and my life in general, it doesn’t mean things look like a Martha Stewart magazine around here. Things get messy, and I honestly feel like I spend a quarter of … Continue reading
Weeds
Let my large error this year serve as a warning to all those who buy onion sets and plant them. You want to weed early, frequently, and you might want to mulch around the sets to reduce weeds. You don’t … Continue reading
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It’s uncanny
I’m spending a rare bit of time indoors this evening. I’m pretty sure I have about 2 square inches of my body not covered in a mosquito bite, and I’m not feeding the flock tonight. I was fortunate enough to … Continue reading
Itchy and Scratchy
Holy bug bites! There are so many mosquitoes this year at our farm. I think I have at least 30+ bites from pulling weeds the last few evenings. There are so many of them that I could actually hear them … Continue reading
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