We’ve had rain lately.
And a birthday for Farmer Bill. He’s older than he wants to be,
but I wouldn’t trade our history together for anything.
The turkeys are almost bald now. They’re growing like weeds.
The kids are, too.
We moved the sheep from one side of our property to the other and separated them from the goats. We’re working toward a rotational grazing plan that will utilize the sheep, the chickens, and the turkeys to build our soil as time marches forward (a variation of what Joe Salatin does at Polyface, Inc.). We have a long way to go on our infrastructure,
but we’re moving ahead bit-by-bit.
Our Nigerian Dwarf friends are happy on their new pasture, goating it up from one side to the other. Training them to an electric fence has been interesting.
At least they like the feedbucket.
Not long ago, I noticed funny things going on in the back-half of one of our nannies. When they moved to our acres, we knew some of them were pregnant, but not much else. I had the boys catch her and collar her, in case she needed a midwife intervention.
A few days later, there were some new sounds at Heritage Homestead Harvest.
It’s twins! A boy and a girl that we call Fíli and Kíli.
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Introductions happened the next day. Diamond is in-love.
Mama Goat isn’t so sure.
The herb garden is coming along. We harvest from it regularly.
Basil loves it here.
Farmer Bill finished the raised beds for our Fall Garden,
and he built me a flower bed out of found materials.
I can’t wait to see the pretties bloom.
We moved all our Autumn Harvest starts outside this week. And then it thunderstormed.
A few things won’t make it, but we’ll keep planting.
On Labor Day, we harvested in the wilds of West Texas. We came home with prickly pears and mesquite beans. We made too-thin jelly and too-thick jelly. I haven’t quite figured out the key to perfect jelly-making.
I’m determined to persevere until I add the skill to my permaculture toolbox.
When we took a day to visit our friends, the Yorks,
he serenaded us with one of his latest songs.
It’s a great way to end our update,
so I’ll just leave this right here. Enjoy.
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Blame the twin goats; they are too cute and cause you to lose time just staring at their adorable little faces.
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Yes. I blame them. I do! 🙂
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What an absolutely lovely email. Thank you. That really brightened my day.
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Thanks so much for reading. I’m glad to hear we’ve brightened your day. (:
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