Goat Rodeos and Cow Wrangling

It’s been an eventful stressful 24 hours.  Yesterday about this time, I put Gwen and her calf friend down into the lower pasture.  Around 5:30 PM, Wally and I walked down to bring them up, but we couldn’t find them.  We walked

The best laid plans …

Well, we didn’t get done what we wanted to get done yesterday. The day started poorly because I didn’t get enough sleep … again! How do you know when you don’t get enough sleep? When you put udder wash in the milk

Good Dog!

Yesterday afternoon after I came inside and processed the couple of goat pictures that I posted, I went back outside with the intention of going back down into the garden. As soon as I opened the door, Gel looked right at me

WOW!

In my search for content for both my Facebook page and that of Rock House Farm, I found this Blog.  If you have time, go and read some of his posts.  I linked a couple of them on the Spellcast Farm FB

Surprises

It’s been like Christmas around here lately.  Twelve goat kids on the ground and counting.  Still have four more goats to kid.  I brought several of them up into the milk parlor this morning (note to self: have to get the milk

A day of running around

Today is going to be a day of running around.  I have to go to Hickory to deliver farm products. Now, not only do I deliver Spellcast Farm products (mostly just eggs right now); but I also deliver Rock House Farm products. 

The Hearing …

It was brutal. I’m so glad Wally went with me for moral support; but if nothing else to drive me there because I don’t know what would have happened if I drove myself. The GM of MM tried digging up all sorts