I found these pictures that Karen had taken in June 2020, and we never shared them. We have a terraced hillside above our pond which is where a portion of our Apple and Pear Orchard is located. It is very popular with the deer in the summer and its common for us to watch the […]
Pasture Fencing Project-Completed
So the following is a post I wrote probably 4 years ago and simply never posted it. Its fun to look back to see how a project like fencing in of our upper pasture has completely transformed how we use our land and improved our little farm. What is also amazing to see how much […]
Chicken Fortress expansion
You may recall a couple years ago we made a significant upgrade to our chicken coop by adding on a fully enclosed chicken run. This was necessary in order to keep our chickens safe from the resident Redtail Hawks. You can read about that project here: Chicken Fortress It’s been wonderful improvement because the birds […]
First baby goats of 2022
Yep, we have baby goats. Rose had 3 kids last Friday, as usual with no problems. She is a remarkable goat, such an attentive mother and all around a joy to watch. Funny, as when we first got her she was routinely referred to as the little PITA, since she was always escaping her pen […]
Chicken Fortress
We have 24 chickens; 22 hens and a couple of roosters. We used to have more, but unfortunately the Red-tail Hawks that reside on our property have learned our Free-Range Chickens are an easy meal; we have lost 4 hens over the last 3 months. We debated many different options, from bird netting, electric fence […]
First Baby Goats of 2020
Due to a series of delays, distractions, poor timing, etc, it didnt seem like we were ever going to get any babies this year. But, finally, we were able to get a couple of the goats bred, and our wonderful doe Blue had some babies the other day. Better yet, they were both girls! This […]
Beautiful day, goats browsing
Our goats have plenty of goodies to browse on, and they get lots of exercise too. Halle Berry always comes to day “hi”. We are all sick, so taking a day to rest, sit back and enjoy the sights and sounds of the farm is the plan. Really something we should do more often anyways. […]
Hangin’ out in the pasture
Not much to say other than I got some pictures of the goats the other day in between some rain showers. This time of year those sunbreaks are few and far between, and luckily the goats were all outside during one of the them. In the background you can see the water in the lower […]
Goats in the woods
So the other day after work I took the goats out for a little stroll on the hillside below the barn. They have grown tired of their plain old pasture and were more than happy to go exploring. All along this hillside there are maples, blackberry, lots of grasses and weeds, basically a goats dream. […]
Sad day on the farm
As the title says, we are sad today, last night we lost one of our baby goats. She was passed away in the stall when I went to do evening chores, with the other goats close by. Below is a picture of her when she was born, you can see she was very tiny from […]
Brand new baby goats
Spitfire, had her first babies the other day. We call her a first freshener, the first time a doe has given birth (kidded). She gave birth to three little ones, a very large buckling, and two doelings. One of the doelings was very small and we had to keep a very close eye on her […]
Eggs aren’t created equal
So if you have eaten farm raised eggs, you know they are completely different from store bought eggs. There is much more flavor and the yolks are more vibrant and colorful. Eggs also come in a wide variety of colors depending on which chicken breed laid the specific egg. But as you can see in […]