The sun is out and the birds are singing

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Snow is melting and I can even see grass in the backyard (a tiny bit of grass where David ran the snowblower to the solar panels). I know you are all waiting for spring...

Q and A: rejected kid goat and gypsum for the garden

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Rejected kid goat I have 2 Fainting Goats who kidded on the same day (Jan. 8). They both were first time mothers and both had twins. The first to kid accepted both, the second to...

Winter’s still here, although it’s really only fall

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Last night we had a temperature of 7° F. Holy cow, it's not even the end of the month yet — October, that is! We usually are in the fifties with lows in the...

We had a great, although rainy Memorial Weekend

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Saturday, Will and our wonderful apprentice, Alisha, cut lumber and finished the board and batten siding on our new barn. Alisha learned to use Will's pneumatic air gun to drive the nails. She used...

We have 7 new baby goats, just in time for Mom’s birthday!

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Four of our doe goats all kidded within three days, this year. What a surprise! Usually it's a bit more drawn out. And to make it even more unusual, our two does that were...