Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Gourd Or Gargoyle?

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Every year, somewhere on the property, there will grow a volunteer squash plant. Usually the compost pile, of course. This year, one grew u...
Saturday, September 26, 2020

It’s Pear Time!

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We had a bit of a windstorm a couple days ago, and as usual, it knocked a bunch of pears off the trees. Went out and collected some today -...
Sunday, September 13, 2020

Preserving Log (Late Summer 2020)

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I’ve been on an absolute tear in the kitchen the last two weeks. Late August/early September is the middle harvest season (Mabon is coming r...
Saturday, August 29, 2020

Memorial Painting

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My memorial painting of Paloma with her sweet, deceased pet baby goat Stormy. I’m not a good painter by any means - in fact at some point d...
Saturday, August 22, 2020

Hope Springs Eternal (More Babies)

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  Just a few days ago, we lost six baby chicks to drowning in the water trough. It was a tough reminder that babies need a special environme...
Saturday, August 15, 2020

Death and Disaster (Bad Farmer, Good Grief?)

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A few days ago, Paloma told me something seemed to be wrong with Stormy, her extra-special pet baby goat, the surprise baby that Flopsy popp...
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Friday, August 7, 2020

Miracle Milk (Goats are Great)

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A neighbor of mine, S., recently had her first grandchild. Her daughter gave birth to a beautiful little boy. Although everything seemed fin...
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Sunday, August 2, 2020

The Horns of the Dilemma (to Disbud or Not to Disbud)

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Seven A.M. on a Saturday. We are all peacefully asleep, dreaming the dreams of the innocent. There is no alarm clock set; we will wake when ...
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Sunday, July 19, 2020

High Cheese Season 2020 (Making Do)

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            A middle stage in the making of cheddar  In last week’s post on preserving, I forgot to include cheese. Cheese is kind of the wh...
Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Preserving Log (Early Summer Edition)

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I’ve fallen behind on my blogging, I’m afraid. Since the stay-at-home order was lifted early last month, I’ve been busier than a one-armed ...
Friday, June 5, 2020

Just Cute Goat Pictures

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Paloma and Flopsy’s baby boy. I can’t decide who is cuter.  My goat-totin’ man, totin’ Bitsy and Bootsy, Christmas’ two doelings.  Hope bei...
Tuesday, June 2, 2020

DQ- OH WAIT ITS OVER!!

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On Friday, the governor announced that Washington state was ending the stay-home order as of Monday morning. All that really means is that ...
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Saturday, May 30, 2020

DQ74 - Double Surprise

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Yesterday Flopsy, our second oldest goat at thirteen, surprised the heck out of us by popping out a single baby buckling, quietly and with n...
Saturday, May 23, 2020

DQ67 am- More Baby Goats

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Polly finally gave birth today. I’ve been expecting her to do so for about a week, ever since I saw her kneeling with a long string of ambe...
Friday, May 22, 2020

State of the Farm - DQ66

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