Baby Goats on Pasture
Goat babies and their portable taco truck shelter Y'all are due for an update on the baby goats. It's been a while!
Moving On From Grassfed Beef
When we first moved to the farm we wanted to gain experience in lots of different farming endeavors and ultimately choose the ones that worked best for us and our land. We knew from the beginning that raising goats on our land would work. It was obvious just by looking...
Mister P and Nevat, When Farming Gets Real
Mister P, our resident Pekin duck, and Nevat, our Great Pyrenees puppy, have an interesting relationship. Since day one, Mister P has had it in for Nevat. He travels great lengths to let Nevat know who's boss. Surprisingly, Nevat is quite accepting of this fact.
Happy Mother's Day!
Who taught us about patience, caring, and compassion,
Saving a Piglet
On Saturday I wrote about Bianca's farrowing and the fact that one of the piglets didn't survive. I learned from the piglet's death that piglets are extremely fragile when first born, highly susceptible to cold, and if not immediately cared for will most likely expire through no fault of their...
Ossabaw Piglets
It's spring on the farm and we've got babies poppin' out everywhere. Today Bianca farrowed her litter of piglets. Of course, she chose a day where the high temp has been 50 degrees and it's been pouring rain. She looked ready yesterday, so I figured today or tomorrow would be...
Core Values
What we stand for: Raising and serving our community healthy, nutrient-dense food Providing our animals with a natural and humane environment Using nature to guide our animal husbandry practices Seeking methods that limit the use of outside inputs Adopting practices that utilize the full cycle of nature and minimize waste
Goat Kidding Season A Success
The final two As of this afternoon we are officially past our first goat kidding season. Mayday, one of our original does, gave birth to a beautiful little doeling and quite possibly the cutest buckling we've ever seen. Our grand total comes to 10 kids with 7 doelings and 3...