Monthly Archives: January 2015
Farmer Dave and the Deep Freeze
When I came home from work last night, Dave was outside working with the animals. As it turned out, Dave had been outside working with the animals for nearly two hours, and he wasn’t quite done. To be clear, dinnertime … Continue reading
Top Ten Lists Can be Fun!
Many WordPress bloggers have been sharing year-end reports and my favorite blogger (Bill of White Flint Farm) has done so as well. His was done in the form of his top-ten posts, stats-wise, and I thought it would be fun to follow suit. … Continue reading
Slip Sliding Away
The combination of rain and freezing temperatures has made for incredibly dangerous driving over the past few days. Until the sand trucks made their rounds, folks were sliding off the roads and into one another like Little League fielders converging on a … Continue reading
Got a Buck I Can Borrow?
Dot and Janie have been in heat. Now, you may wonder how one knows when one’s does are in heat. Well, I’ll tell you. Since goats are typically pretty quiet and calm, one sure sign of heat is an almost … Continue reading
An Exaltation of Eggs
We are getting anywhere from two to four times as many eggs as we did this time last year. While our flock is constantly changing due to hatching, culling, and thievery (I’m looking’ at you, hawks and foxes), our numbers … Continue reading
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