My Year At A Glance

December 2009….I WANT TO FORGET THIS!!! That’s when it all started. Tender Heart finds the girl of his dreams….think he’s happy? Nah! Couldn’t be. Joy is bred, December 28, 2009. What a baby she still was. January 2010. Back to back blizzards. 4 hrs digging to the barn. Yes, I want to remember it no [...]

Family Cow 101

I asked my friend, Matron of Husbandry, my cow mentor, to have a look at Joy. Her milk suddenly dropped and of course the grass is gone….covered in snow at the moment and with all my recent issues with my health, I forgot to increase her grain ration for the winter. Matron commented one day [...]

Goat Love

Fred is in love…his little tongue thing is all about L O V E! He’s been whispering sweet little nothings in MaryAnne’s ear for 2 days and she’s the only one who has fallen head over heels for him! He’s all smiles!!!! Ginger on the other hand follows me to the gate and has a [...]

The Miracle Of Christmas

Friday, 17 December 2010, 1:23 | Category : Barnyard, Faith, Family, Farming, Food, Friends, goats, Jersey Cows, Milking, Nourishing Foods, nubian goats
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Christmas 2004, Maharastra India. I’d never been anywhere until I went to India. It was the most gratifying time of my life. I was convinced to visit the boys orphanage for Christmas. To leave behind the materialism of an American Christmas and to share in the joys of the simplest of things. Like a chalk [...]