Category: Feeding and Care of Goats
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More of Day 2 of Farm Day(s) – Fishing, carrots, lettuce, goats, and a little target practice.
Some of the Cousins from Wisconsin and BR visited on the second Farm Day. Lots of things to do at the farm! (Even things that never crossed our mind before). Below: Once the goats found out about Carrot tops, lettuce was really low on their wish list! Below: Before the cousins arrived for the second day, Ike was…
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Farm Day with some of the cousins!
Farm Day was spread over two days. About 1/8 of the cousins visited. You can see from the pictures and videos that everyone had a great time. Both of these crews went hunting, but left all the deer healthy and happy! Ike made vanilla ice cream for the cousins. 1.5 C whipping cream, 1 C Milk, 3/4 C sugar,…
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Meals from the garden, harvesting lettuce, and getting the nursery ready for the kids
Fresh lettuce and cilantro from the garden, and shrimp stuffed bell peppers (bell peppers grown by Jackie in St. Francisville) made a delicious meal. Below: Picture #1 is of the carrots, #2 and #3 show lettuce before harvesting #4 is the garlic, #5 is after the harvesting of lettuce, and the last picture is a bag…
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Deer, Deer, and more Deer, a coyote, and a new Raspberry bush
Even though we were over a month late planting the fields for the deer, the exclusion device shows us that the deer are constantly feasting on the growth. Hopefully, the rain this weekend will give the fields an added burst of growth. The trail camera pictures below show many deer (both genders) on the property. The…
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Treats for Goats, New Cherry Trees, Fire ban lifted, and gymnastics!
This is Fool, our only male goat. Fool butted me from behind the other day, so we had to have a little discussion with him. I can’t tell if he wants my attention or is trying to show me who is boss. This morning we gave the goats a little treat. Some like it and…
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Hay Crib for the Goats, Deer, Lake at Norwood, Gingerbread and Family pictures.
The goats tend to waste the hay and they will not eat hay once it hits the ground. A compressed bale of hay and alfalfa grass now costs $25 and lasts about a week with our 8 goats. We finally purchased a hay cradle from Tractor Supply. It didn’t take our brilliant goats anytime to…
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Goat Mischief, baby raccoon, melon vines, and night vision pictures
Fool is our only male kid and he is definitely the most active and curious of all the goats. It was Fool who was tangled in the fence a few months ago and it is Fool who managed to get tangled in the hay bail plastic. Luckily, he was rescued quickly. We knew something was…
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Pear Blossoms, Pygmy goats love hay
The pear tree is blossoming. This tree may be confused because pears are supposed to lose their leaves in the winter and blossom in the spring with fruit developing in the summer to early winter. With the hot summer and drought, there is no telling what to expect. Our goats love hay. This is a…
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Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain
Tsunami loves to climb. This talent came in handy in avoiding wet feet yesterday. Yesterday, the farm received the blessing of an “all day rain”. The plants definitely appreciated the slow rain and the animals will appreciate the the rejuvenated plants. The garlic we planted has sprouted. It will be a long time before garlic…
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Dahlia, Hummingbirds, and Melons
The Dahlias have started blooming again now that the cooler weather is here. By cooler weather, we mean high 80’s and low 90’s during the day. Bruce took some slow motion and real-time videos of the hummingbirds at the farm. The hummingbirds are going through 32 cups of nectar a day- that is 8 cups…