Yesterday was a bad day.
I got very little sleep Sunday night. I woke up around 1 AM and could not go back to sleep for the life of me. What was I doing: laying awake worrying about the animals. The goats: we have another goat kid
Month: February 2012
Chicks and rabbits
I packed up the Cornish X chicks and carried them down into the garden in a wheelbarrow. I was amazed to see them move around and even scratch at the ground. Yea! There’s hope for them. We moved the brooder down close
Just say no!
I get a weekly e-mail from a local farmer; usually these e-mails are short and often funny. This week he talked about using GMO corn and soy in his pig and chicken feed. He writes that he gets his feed ground locally
Yesterday didn’t go exactly as planned
I headed out to Hickory (late!) and met three ladies to deliver eggs and meat. Normally, I drive into downtown Hickory to make another delivery, but once I got there, I realized I miscalculated and didn’t bring her products so I need
Coffee!
Is there anything better than a hot cup of coffee on a cold morning? I need to get my butt in gear and get out and get the milking done because I need to be in Hickory by 9:30. Lots of mornings
Spending too much time on Facebook
I’ve been lazy and haven’t been doing any real writing. The weekends, as they always have been, get completely lost with going to the Farmer’s Market. Wally and I spent most of Sunday holed up relaxing. Today was beautiful and I spent
Rabbits and Death
I’m getting plumb tired of animals dying or having to put them down. I did not loose any rabbits yesterday and as of 5:30 AM today there are no dead ones in the barn, but we did have to put a goat
Circle M Rabbit Feed
I keep finding more and more people who have lost rabbits while feeding Circle M Rabbit feed. Circle M is manufactured by Midstate Mills and distributed all over the southeastern United States. It is sold in some grocery stores like Galaxy, Bi-Lo,
Narley found a new home!
Narley, the Australian Cattle Dog, arrived in her new home in Maryland last night. She’s going to be living with a woman who recently lost her husband. She’ll be a city dog! Yea for Narley. This is a perfect home for her.
Cold!!!!
Oh we got spoiled with the spring-like temperatures we’ve been having all winter. Everything was rock-frozen hard! I gave Rose (our LGD) the rest of a pot of sausage soup that I made earlier this week and when she was finished, I