Last year we began our dairy operation. It started with Hops, our escape goat. Hops was a goat with few good qualities. (One, actually. She was so very quiet.) For 2 weeks, Kendra tried to milk her. We had not repaired the barn the goats now live in, so Hops was milked outside, on the dirt. […]
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Our New Feeder!
I searched a long time. To find a portable one ton feed bin that is… Pigs go through a lot of feed, and when you have the goal of posturing your pigs, you want to be able to being their feed with them without luging it bag by bag! But I couldn’t find anyone in […]
E-Scape Goat
I believe your day to day life can be told from your google search list. Here is the google recent search list from our first day with goats. Here’s what the list means, in story form: We decided this year to expand our farm. Chicken and pork having gone so well, it was time to […]
Captain Jacks Legacy
Captain Jack is dead. We never found his body. But of course, when a bird falls victim to a predator, there is rarely any remains to be found, save but for a few feathers. He was not the first. The deaths began a few nights after the Guineas began operation tick control. We saw the […]
Captain Jack and the disappearing guineas
Farm life has its ups and downs. Seeds started, and crops failed. Eggs hatched, and meat birds butchered. It can be an emotional roller coaster, but it makes you value the successes all the more! The story of our guinea flock is filled with highs and lows. From the day we decided to order guineas, […]
Signs of the Times…
Now that our gardens are well on their way, our pigs snug in their pen, and our chickens, roaming safely through our forests, it seemed time to address the matter of marketing. What farm can survive without customers? And how do you find those customers? You advertise! Recently a family member visiting the farm asked […]
