greybeard
Herd Master
quote from Jurassic Park right after the "ohhing and ahhing" but just before the running and screaming began...
"Life will find a way"
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"Life will find a way"
Mini Horses
Herd Master
Worked until noon, done -- came home. Farm "stuff" to do.
I was concerned about those kittens and decided to go check them out. I had brought home a 1/2 wild 4 mo old kitten back in Jan. Yep, she's the mom! Taking great care of them. She was not having any handling but, has always stayed at one of the barns. She is a great mouser and always has other food available. She won't come close but will hang 50-60' from you. Has been petted, etc. but, not liking it. I'll work it out. The other 2 cats are one fixed, other is so old (20ish) he couldn't even mount. LOL Guess others live near.
Noticed my comfrey is growing very well!! Still in big pots. Will transplant late summer, once some goats are gone. I'm thrilled with the plant growth. Goats & chickens devoured all the first ones I planted, these are being protected. The roots are not cheap to buy. I hope to develop about 1/4 acre of them. They can be grazed once well established & recoup. Chickens dug up the young roots. My 3 fig bushes are about ready for transplant, also.
Love dried figs!! My dehydrator works overtime for those. More protect from goats stuff. My orchard is in the chicken "yard". They are good with the tree stuff, just not the low fruits...buffet! Watched hens & chicks doing their thing.
Checked all water troughs.
Did forage today and got a cup of lovely wild blackberries. Sweet, too.
Also found I have about 75' of new canes FULL of berries -- ripening. So by weekend, I'll probably get several cups. Nice. I may make some jam with them -- after straining seeds. I was taking goats out to a browse area and began picking while they were munching at stuff. Got a lovely walk through several fields while pied pipering goats & checking pastures.
Found SEVERAL groundhog burrows along the RR right of way & tracks. They have plenty to eat with 80 acres of crops on other side. Some have burrows on that side, also. The train line is not currently using the tracks, not in past 5 yrs. They do check & maintain! But I have a driveway the length of the property, along the RR property. It was part of my walk -- left goats in a pasture, happily eating "trash" & tall grass.
So that was my day in the sun. Enjoyed it. Think I'll get chores going. Hope everyone else got to enjoy their farm.
I was concerned about those kittens and decided to go check them out. I had brought home a 1/2 wild 4 mo old kitten back in Jan. Yep, she's the mom! Taking great care of them. She was not having any handling but, has always stayed at one of the barns. She is a great mouser and always has other food available. She won't come close but will hang 50-60' from you. Has been petted, etc. but, not liking it. I'll work it out. The other 2 cats are one fixed, other is so old (20ish) he couldn't even mount. LOL Guess others live near.
Noticed my comfrey is growing very well!! Still in big pots. Will transplant late summer, once some goats are gone. I'm thrilled with the plant growth. Goats & chickens devoured all the first ones I planted, these are being protected. The roots are not cheap to buy. I hope to develop about 1/4 acre of them. They can be grazed once well established & recoup. Chickens dug up the young roots. My 3 fig bushes are about ready for transplant, also.
Love dried figs!! My dehydrator works overtime for those. More protect from goats stuff. My orchard is in the chicken "yard". They are good with the tree stuff, just not the low fruits...buffet! Watched hens & chicks doing their thing. Checked all water troughs.Did forage today and got a cup of lovely wild blackberries. Sweet, too.
Also found I have about 75' of new canes FULL of berries -- ripening. So by weekend, I'll probably get several cups. Nice. I may make some jam with them -- after straining seeds. I was taking goats out to a browse area and began picking while they were munching at stuff. Got a lovely walk through several fields while pied pipering goats & checking pastures.Found SEVERAL groundhog burrows along the RR right of way & tracks. They have plenty to eat with 80 acres of crops on other side. Some have burrows on that side, also. The train line is not currently using the tracks, not in past 5 yrs. They do check & maintain! But I have a driveway the length of the property, along the RR property. It was part of my walk -- left goats in a pasture, happily eating "trash" & tall grass.
So that was my day in the sun. Enjoyed it. Think I'll get chores going. Hope everyone else got to enjoy their farm.
Bruce
Herd Master
Very glad to hear it!
CntryBoy777
Herd Master
My, my!!... @Mini Horses .....ya sure had a "Spring" in your step, today!!....it is so good to hear ya had such a Wonderful day.....your descrption had my mind waundering back to our "goat walks" this time of year....in a different "climate zone"......
....wouldn't have been walking goats here today.....
....wouldn't have been walking goats here today.....Mini Horses
Herd Master
Ahhhh...I remember your goat walk reports. know you kinda miss it, too. Enjoy mine with me. Next time I will take pics! Sorry I missed that this time. Of course, I had about 20 with me. Mostly they are well behaved.
As I came home today the afternoon showers had begun, as weather guesser had promised. I know they had just begun because of the mad rush going on from pasture to barn!
No walk today, unless I wanted to get wet alone. My 2 bucks were out in it, guess they like a shower now & then.
Wind whipped up quite a bit but, it's not supposed to do much more, just some light showers for a couple hours. All good. Grass is loving it! Pastures grow! It breaks the heat for a while.
I'm home tomorrow
Will work on the enclosure to hold the bucklings for weaning. Then, in they go!! Shelter is up, water trough there, 2 sides already fenced, about 100' of fence to up and ready for them!!! Will add a hay rack for them to laze by, in the shade of 18x24 building. Only 5 of them. When they are gone, the 5 doelings will be there to wean. And moms will then be milked daily. At least the doelings will get to nurse a week or so longer. Helps all of us have time to break into the milking routine.
Next time I will take pics! Sorry I missed that this time. Of course, I had about 20 with me. Mostly they are well behaved.As I came home today the afternoon showers had begun, as weather guesser had promised. I know they had just begun because of the mad rush going on from pasture to barn!
No walk today, unless I wanted to get wet alone.
My 2 bucks were out in it, guess they like a shower now & then.Wind whipped up quite a bit but, it's not supposed to do much more, just some light showers for a couple hours. All good. Grass is loving it! Pastures grow! It breaks the heat for a while.
I'm home tomorrow
Will work on the enclosure to hold the bucklings for weaning. Then, in they go!! Shelter is up, water trough there, 2 sides already fenced, about 100' of fence to up and ready for them!!! Will add a hay rack for them to laze by, in the shade of 18x24 building. Only 5 of them. When they are gone, the 5 doelings will be there to wean. And moms will then be milked daily. At least the doelings will get to nurse a week or so longer. Helps all of us have time to break into the milking routine.
promiseacres
Herd Master
So that was my day in the sun. Enjoyed it. Think I'll get chores going. Hope everyone else got to enjoy their farm.
Thanks for the reminder!! We have a farm to enjoy it!!! Been so busy lately not sure I have been..... but it helps that we do have our first Velveteen Litter doing supper well and they are now 5 days old
, can't remember if I mentioned it... been a bit gun shy of something happening to them. Last night I filled the dumpster (about 150 jars in there.. still a lot more to go) Then DH cut hay... on the acre of yard we let grow... almost had a calamity as the tall stringy grass got wrapped around the mower parts (where it wasn't supposed to be) and tried to catch fire. Luckily DH caught it and got it cleaned up and finished the field. Coffee is on. Enjoy your farm today!
Baymule
Herd Master
Yesterday I put Ringo and his girls in the garden. Since the wees got away from me and were about 4 feet tall, we fenced off the parts that were doing good and let the sheep have at it. Pasture #2 is growing a decent patch of Bermuda and crab grass, so I put the lambs on it. In about an hour, they were full and wanting to go back to their barn. They are so spoiled, so I let them go back home. Shortly after that, it started to rain, a slow steady rain and it rained all day.
I made two batches of wild plum jam, I am using the pectin that calls for less sugar. The jam starts out sweet on the tongue, then leaves a tart taste. It is really good.
Today-so far, the coffee is good. Everything is wet, may get more rain today. We got 21 bags of rock from Lowes that were busted for $1 a bag, we gotta unload and dump those, we're going back tomorrow for some more.
I made two batches of wild plum jam, I am using the pectin that calls for less sugar. The jam starts out sweet on the tongue, then leaves a tart taste. It is really good.
Today-so far, the coffee is good. Everything is wet, may get more rain today. We got 21 bags of rock from Lowes that were busted for $1 a bag, we gotta unload and dump those, we're going back tomorrow for some more.
Mini Horses
Herd Master
We are generally so busy with the "have to dos" that we forget that we have a farm to also enjoy it. I don't farm for profit, just like to have it pay for some of the animal needs with pastures and egg, kid goat sales. But, I do like to make time to ENJOY. A mild summer day on the tractor is great. Walking with the animals, watching Mother Nature at work, harvesting fresh fruit & veggies., enjoying the new animal life. It's WHY I have this place. Otherwise, I could go live in an apartment and watch the cop cars go by.
We all need to "smell the roses" OR goats, as the case may be.
Sunset on the farm, stargazing at night...it's life.
Bruce
Herd Master
Or you can be like @B&B Happy goats, with a small "gentleman" farm AND cop cars out front of the house!
B&B Happy goats
Herd Master
@Bruce...they are constantly on our road now....cleaning up the bad guys 
