Spring planting
The farm is extremely busy in the spring with all the baby goats and projects deferred from winter. Today we planted some bacon seeds in the back pasture. They take about 4 months to fully develop.
Ferrari’s kids
On April 3, her due date, Ferrari went into labor. I separated her into a kidding stall and about an hour into active labor things stalled. I called Rob for him to come home, because I was alone, and I…
Milk Test 2025 #1
This year we are participating in Milk Test with our goats. That means we will have days throughout the year where we record the weight of milk produced by each doe and send samples of their milk out for testing.…
Chili and Carolina Kid
Chili started us off on the tail end of our main kidding frenzy last Sunday with triplets. She had two bucks, one black with red, and one black with tan, and one little chocolate doe. They weighed in at 8,…
Are You Kidding Me?
This week we welcomed Camellia’s and Porsche’s kids into the world. Let’s just say, we should not play the lottery anytime soon. Our buck kid to doe kid ratio is currently 7 to 1. Camellia (Camellia pedigree ) started filling…
Kidding Around
We officially started off kidding season for us last night with Sawfish AS Tesla (pedigree). Tesla was bred to Blue Farmhouse Eros (Eros pedigree). Tesla brought us triplet bucks, 9, 8.5 and 7 pounds. Number one and number two are…
Wear Sunscreen
POST CONTAINS A GRAPHIC IMAGE. In December last year I (Anna) went to my annual skin check with my dermatologist. I have very fair skin and I do not tan (at all), I turn lobster red and I cannot count…
Sparrow Soaps
We have goats so surely we make goat milk soap, right? While Anna, Quinn, and Amanda have made soap a few times, making soap and selling it at a farmer’s market or online isn’t our passion. Especially when there are…
Hiking at Old Furnace State Park
Yesterday Rob and I went hiking at Old Furnace State Park in Danielson CT. I have been making an effort to go hiking more to build some fitness and get off Facebook. Winter is typically the slow season around here,…
For The Love Of The Horse
I love horses. Growing up I was a barn rat at a riding stables in Sweden and my favorite horse was a chestnut gelding named Van-Toomen. His sire was a racing TB and his dam a Swedish Warmblood. US people…