I was a little sad yesterday when I unplugged the incubator. Sure, I have 26 duck eggs in the hatcher, but unplugging the incubator means they’re the last batch for the season. (Yes, I could plug it back in, but I am at least trying to be reasonable with how many I hatch.) As it [...]
Bring your goat to school day
When I was researching goats, one piece of advice that came up more than once was “if you want them to be friendly, get a bottle baby.” I think it’s more accurate to say “if you want them to be friendly, be nice to them. If you want them to be surgically attached to you, [...]
Farewell to Chicken Shanty
As we prepare to hand over the keys on the farm that taught my family so much over the past year, I can’t help but take a little time to acknowledge some of the things I’ll miss about the little gray house. Silly as it may seem, one of the things I’ll miss most is [...]
So, that didn’t happen…
Remember when I said I’d fill the “Family” collage with pictures of my own family? My children found out my plans and protested. They like it the way it is. I’m just busy enough to be happy to oblige, so the collage is hanging once again with pictures of total strangers in it. I tell [...]
