Last month I accepted a position at Hamilton Maine, a local marine supply company as a graphic designer and marketing specialist. The commute is 35 minutes south, in Searsport. At first I wasn’t looking forward to driving that far twice a day five days a week, but the scenery is View Article
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Sold Our Last Buck
Fireball, our moonspotted handsome fella, went to his new home last night. He has sired as many as I want him to here at Wheaton Mountain Dairy Goats. Two years of service as our herdsire, free ranging the forest, and gobbling down tasty treats made for a good life. His View Article
Indoor Gardening for Winter
The premise of the indoor growing began with marijuana—that became the framework for the indoor vegetable and herb garden. I needed to keep one mother plant going through the winter to clone from come early spring. There was open soil taunting me. In the beginnings of winter here on Wheaton View Article
Power Outage
Our power was out for three days. We lost 100+ eggs in the cabinet incubator for pre-orders, so we have been hit pretty hard. We have a generator but the power went off overnight without us knowing it was off for several hours. The temperature in there was 60°f by View Article
Pigs have arrived!
We have our first pair of feeder pigs we will be fattening up over the summer months. We expect to have two more soon. They have ginger hair and like to be scratched. We named them Buddy and Pal.
Sold goats, buying pigs
Farming is about learning what works for the goals of the farm. We have thought about pigs before and have been on the fence about it for some time. This Sunday we plan to pick up KuneKune pigs from a reputable breeder in Garland, Maine. We have a pen and View Article
Spring Goat Kids Photos!
With little time on my hands after milking, bottle feeding, washing milking stuff, excessively cuddling and more milking… I’ve had little time for a quick homestead update. We have had six kids so far. One kid was butted really hard after being rejected by its mother. I had to step View Article