Category: Feeding and Care of Goats
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Pumpkins, Watermelons, flowers, grapevines, and goats.
This is the large pumpkin in the garden by the fire pit. As promised, we starting using a tape measure on the pumpkins and watermelons. This is one of the newer pumpkins and measures 28.5 inches from stem to bottom. Pictures 1-3 in slideshow below are of the same pumpkin as above. Picture 4 is…
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OMG- Fool! April gets a bath, Canada, Colorado Hike, and Water Filters
No, we are not torturing Fool. We have a two double fences which we fold out to form a triangle with the main fence. When we are going to give injections, or have the vet visit, we prepare the triangle, We then put the feed trough in the triangle, and invite the goats into a…
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Injection Day, Cantaloupe and Honeydew sprouted, and Canada
Goats should receive an injection once a year, however new born kids receive this injection at 3 months old and again three weeks later. Today, the kids received their second injection and none of them were very happy about it. The first picture below is of Peanut on the left and April on the right.…
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Bobcats, Bears, Deer, Pumpkin Harvest, Corn, Watermelon, Beans, Fruit Trees, Flower seeds, and a few Antiques
We picked up the trail cameras. Our bobcat is getting bigger and roaming at dusk. Flip though the slideshow pictures below from the trail cameras. We also found dancing deer, a black bear cub, female deer, and some hogs roaming at night. This video of the bobcat (below) is also from the trail cameras. How…
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Corn, Gates, Red ants, fig tree and goats.
The corn from last year’s purchased kernels is growing well in the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th rows. Only 3 of the remaining kernels from Simply Irresistible sprouted in the first two rows. We will most probably convert the first two rows to string beans if more corn sprouts before our bean seeds arrive. Our…
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Big Fish, but Bigger Shark!
It looks like something took a bite out of Trip’s fish! Pretty sure the culprit was a decent size shark. Cousins Aidan, AMPD, and Rowan (below) are still enjoying Lake Keowee. Did you know that watermelon have male and female flowers just like pumpkins. Just like pumpkins, the female flower has a bulb below the…
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Happy 4th of July! Checking in with family pictures!
The Dores and Dooley’s are in front of a water fall at Lake Keowee. The Murthys with their mom on Grand Isle are enjoying the beach toady. The 4th of July- the Basehoars in Dave’s Falls. Pic #5 is Joseph & MOM. Pic #6 is also Callie. Pic #7 is Andy with his girls. #1…
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Fishing on Grand isle- Heddie caught a Shark! (And a Red Fish) with a little on goats, pumpkins, corn and seedpods.
Sammy (Pops) is holding some nice trout. Fritz is with his mom (Heddie) in middle picture below. The shark did not hold still for his picture- but you get the idea from the picture below. Cousins at Lake Keowee enjoying the beautiful water of the lake. The Pygmy goats were all about getting fed, then…
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Wasp, Swing, kayak, trolling motor training, goats, and slip n’slide
The picture below is a Velvet Ant which is NOT an ant at all. It is a female wasp in the order Hymenoptera. The female has no wings and has a very powerful sting. The male does have wings. This is the second one we have seen on the ground in the past week. They…
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No Laughing Matter! And Baby Bluebirds have feathers (corn, pumpkins, flowers, goats and fishing.
Well, YES it IS a laughing matter or just call it Southern Engineering. That is exactly what it looks like. (You may have to enlarge the picture to see all the string.) We borrowed large poles from Jackie and Bobby and strung up the wind-blown corn with string. We only worked on the three worst…