Goat kids 2018
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
Paddocks: Before, after and after
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
Goats at work and play
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
Pigs no more
In life, and especially on a farm, things don’t always turn out as planned. Here is such a story: After much searching to find available weaner pigs (little pigs that have been recently weaned), I finally brought home seven bright … Continued
Kid videos
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
Winter Accomodation
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
Bounty of leaves
Leaves are something that most people want to get rid of in the Fall. But we have been welcoming dozens of trailer loads of leaves over the past several weeks from several neighbours’ properties. The neighbours (and contractors working for … Continued
Bathing beauties
Our eight pigs seem to be very happy. We move them to a new paddock every week to 10 days and they are eating increasing amounts of grass, weeds and leaves. They also love rooting in the now moist soil for … Continued
Praying for rain
Along with many other people in the County, we are seriously praying for rain. After a mild winter and a cold but mostly dry early spring, we have had a very dry late spring and summer with a lot … Continued
A reality of farm life
We faced one of the more difficult realities of farm life this week; we took two of our goat bucks to the butcher. It wasn’t easy to take animals that we had cared for to be slaughtered but it needed … Continued