New To Farm Life

A couple moves from the big city to the countryside and starts a small farm...wait, you've heard this premise before? What? Trite? Hackneyed? But, I have goats. Really cute pictures of tiny baby goats. And cheesemaking recipes. We slaughter our own pigs and cure our own bacon! Well, that's in the master plan, anyway. Just read it, you'll see.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Goats on Parade

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The goats are in the littlest pasture now (It's contrary to the worm plan, but the vet said they shouldn't be in with the ponies unt...
Saturday, May 30, 2009

Better Luck This Time, Chicks!

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I didn't blog about this, because it made me so sad. Remember all the little bantam chicks that I bought at the feed store and slipped u...
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Friday, May 29, 2009

My Trees

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There aren't enough trees on this property. Not by a longshot. We are up on the top of a very windy ridge - and I mean VERY windy. It is...
Thursday, May 28, 2009

Chevre Chevere!

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If I ever go into commercial cheese production (not very likely), the title of this post will be my business name. Chevre, of course, is sof...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Pretty Sure Poppy's Okay

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I spoke to the vet this morning, and asked him how I could differentiate between a normal, self-limiting bout of foal-heat diarrhea and some...
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Monday, May 25, 2009

Poppy Pony Has a Problem

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Today, Poppy suddenly developed diarrhea. Pretty gross. I washed her (an experience I don't care to repeat) and then I ran to the web an...
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Saturday, May 23, 2009

Worm Plan

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Okay, this post is just for my own reference, y'all, it's probably not going to be very interesting to anyone else. Today: worm with...
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First Cheese of the Year

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Well, I'm not going to count the first batch, which didn't turn out at all because I thought I remembered enough from last year and ...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Ten Dollar Food Challenge

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NPR recently did a series in which they asked chefs to create a family meal for four for under $10 total. There were a number of interesting...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Hello, Poppy!

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The baby pony has a name. Poppy. Here's your daily dose of cute:

Production Going Up

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Since we killed the egg-eating hen, I've been collecting about sixteen eggs a day. The trade network is not capable of absorbing this ma...
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Sunday, May 17, 2009

Circle of Blogs

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"Recommended site:  The Survivalist Blog  - Live better, live Cheaper and survive when things get tough." This is a cool site to c...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009

I Got a Pony, Neener Neener Neener

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This morning when I went out to feed the animals, I noticed that Rosie Pony wasn't in the barn. So I went looking for her out in the pas...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Yay Flopsy!!

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Flopsy was bred just a week after Iris, to the same buck. But for months, I wasn't sure if she was pregnant. Is she or isn't she? He...
Monday, May 11, 2009

Two Down, Two to Go

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Finally!!!  After two whole days of my staring at her butt (not quite nonstop- my husband drew the line when I said I might sleep out in the...
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