The Burkinshaw family's sustainable, multigenerational farm in Black River, Prince Edward County, ON
Several of you in BC asked how we did during the big ice storm of the past weekend. It was a wicked three days of weather with high temperatures staying well below freezing the whole time (this is mid April!), high winds, freezing … Continued
How do you end a long period of silence on your farm blog? Post a video of goat kids playing!! So that’s what I’m doing here. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do! We have nine healthy kids born so … Continued
About every week we move the goats into a new paddock of between 1/4 and 1/2 an acre. With all the rain that we have been receiving this summer, the paddocks have been lush with rapidly growing bushes, trees, wild grape vines … Continued
Despite no longer having pigs, life has been so busy these late Spring/early Summer days that we haven’t updated the blog for a while. Here are a couple of little videos of our goats at work and at play. We … Continued
Spring seems to be fully here now and the goats and chickens are enjoying being out on the grass. They are currently on the pasture near the house and attracting a fair bit of attention from people walking or driving … Continued
People enjoy watching our baby goats! Today was the first day in the nearly two weeks since the kids were born that we haven’t had some people come to enjoy them. So for those who aren’t able to make a … Continued
Yes, we certainly are. In fact 9 new kids arrived in the past couple of days! On Wednesday, within a relatively few hours, four of our expectant does gave birth to 7 kids. Hardly had we finished “superintending” one of … Continued
Yes, we are expecting. At least we are expecting that our goats will be having kids in the next few weeks. The buck was with the does for about a month beginning in the third week of September and the … Continued
Our “barn,” a large hoop house erected late this Fall (see Old Fashioned Barn Raising) is proving to be great winter accommodation for the goats and chickens. The last three of our pigs lived in it for a short while but … Continued
October has almost rushed by and we haven’t done a single blog post! My only excuse is that it has been such an incredibly busy month that I haven’t had the time or energy to post. Here are some of the things … Continued