ldawntaylor - bits and pieces

[norseofcourse]

Sorry about losing the doe

Your garden looks really nice! I want to do some planting boxes like that.

 

[ldawntaylor]

Thank-you.

Those garden boxes were really easy and have held up well. I bought the boards in town and had them use their saw to cut them to 4 feet in length. Each box requires 4 - 4 foot boards and 8 nails/screws. I ended up using a drill to start the holes. I just wasn't strong enough to start the screws and hammering nails was taking all day.

If you buy the lumber it is a good idea to tell the clerk you want the wood for an outdoor garden project. Of course one can always take the short cut and buy something similar from Atwoods. At least, they used to have something similar.

 

[ldawntaylor]

Wow, it is hard to believe it is already February....

It really hasn't felt like winter this time. Maybe, I've experienced too many northern winters. We haven't even had snow so far.

While that is nice in terms of caring for the animals it does present other issues. In the summer various bugs will likely be more numerous. One aspect I don't care for is that the forest service people are doing a controlled burn or two this week. Tonight I was watching the smoke roll in like fog. At least it is far enough away that I don't really see a glow from the flames. If I were seeing that I would really be concerned.

But, I do have two new arrivals. Well, they were born on 25 Jan. 2016.


This is the new buckling. His mother was 1/4 nubian and 1/4 oberhasli and 1/2 Toggenberg. The rest of his lineage is Toggenberg.


The other baby is a doeling. Her lineage is mostly Togg with one side including some LaMancha.

 

[BlessedWithGoats]

Cute!! Congratulations on the new arrivals!

 

[ldawntaylor]

I know the eyes aren't the right colors. But here is the new arrival from Feb. 28th. Her mother, the doe beside her is purebred Tog and is registered as well. If all goes well, I think this one is a keeper.

 

[Latestarter]

Pretty kids!

 

[ldawntaylor]

Thanks, I like all the kids but for looks and friendliness I like the newest arrival best. I would say the color pattern of the Oberhasli is dominent in the genes. I would have to consult my records to be sure but if memory serves...there are 4 generations between the Oberhasli sire and this kid. Too bad the kid is male. He will have to be sold. He is a real cutie though. He was born March 26th. At this stage he looks just like his mother, grandmother, and great-grandfather did.

 

[Latestarter]

He does have beautiful color. Love the face stripes. Maybe he could be your new herd sire?

 

[ldawntaylor]

Latestarter, I wish he could be grow up to be herd sire. Unfortunately he is too closely related to the does. I would really like to get an Oberhasli doe in a year or so. And raise a buck from that one to be herd sire. Especially if she was Ober and Nubian mix. Having Nubian in the lineage seems to make all the animals easier to sell around in this area.

For now though I have to focus on getting some bills cleared up before I can really spend anything more than feed or medicines on the herd.

 

[ldawntaylor]

I spent my morning transplanting some pepper and tomato starts. My strawberries are not doing very well this year. It has been warmer this winter and spring but there are not any blossoms at all. Maybe I should have been watering them this winter. We didn't get much rain compared to the last two years. But, maybe something else is going on. My strawberry plants inside are not doing very well either and they did get watered.

I think I will just put leaf lettuce or chard in my indoor window box. The chard plants I do have are doing quite well. I don't like eating chard but my chicks go crazy over the stuff. My mom likes it too. So it is not like any of it would go to waste....I just like to have something growing.

Well, if I am going to get any of the weeding done I need to get started.

More about my new chicks later....