Our first PLANNED kidding by our second freshening dam Apple and her sire Fireball was Monday afternoon. Apple had a quick and smooth labor and the birth went great. I was terrified when I saw two little white hooves emerge in the pale-yellow liquid bubble while Apple groaned—and hilariously ate View Article
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Magical Sinkholes
Well, I was fine with the sinkhole that magically drained our driveway. The dooryard looked like a soggy bowl of forgotten Cocoa Puffs for a week. It rained by day and froze at night several days in a row. The overcast sky was pure white, cloudless and blocked out the View Article
Sunshine for a Day
This has been a slow spring for impatient gardeners. Two weeks ago (5/11/19) we tilled and it wasn’t until last week (5/18/19) it was dry enough to lay rows out. Yesterday (5/27) the gate went up and in two days the fence will be up in time for this Saturday’s View Article
Prepare for the Big Freeze
The end of this week the sky shall fall white flecks of doom. Oh yes, it’s coming. Soon we’ll all be waving our hunter orange hats in destain while screaming “The sky is falling! The sky is falling!”. If you weren’t hatched with a thick beard and muffs like our View Article
Still winter, gah
This has been a strange winter so far. We’ve had snowstorms immediately followed by rain and melt all the snow. We had a weekend of mucky roads where we decided it best not to leave the house for a couple days. There hasn’t been a real nor’easter yet, though the View Article
February 2019 Homestead Update
Mandy’s Homestead Update, 2/21/19 Rabbitry OUR RABBITRY CLOSED SUMMER 2019 There was a surge in interest for our rabbits as word got around I was downsizing. I sold two young does, three breeding aged bucks, a mother and her litter of seven, and two senior rabbits in order to scale View Article
Mushrooms and Life
This mushroom season has been great so far. A long sunny stretch in the next ten days or so ought to slow it down for a bit. This year I finally found the coveted Chanterelle and King Bolete while exploring the property we are looking to move our farm to. There View Article
18 things I didn’t know about goats… before it was too late!
Bucks pee on their own faces during rut season. The dank stank can be smelled 1/2-mile away and is impossible to clean off your hand if you pet them. Several washes later it’s still detected. Their penises are surprisingly long with a little noodle on the end that directs the View Article