How do you know farming has a new role in life? 2 words – tax exempt. That’s right, today in the mail we received our tax exempt approval from the State of CT. And it was just in time, because I had a 10% off coupon for Tractor Supply that expired tomorrow. Well I grabbed…
2 day weekends are junk. There is hardly enough time to really get started on anything, let alone complete a project. If we always had Friday to get ready for the projects, and Monday to wrap them up, we would get a lot more accomplished around here. Instead, Friday I was at work (all day)…
It’s a dreary Saturday morning. Since the morning chores are done and Anna is gone with Vicki for some shopping, I am inside with Alex and Amanda. I was working on researching some plans on the computer when Amanda came and grabbed my arm, repeating “goat milk Betty.” Betty is our only doe in milk right…
This morning I ran my 3rd half marathon in Colchester, CT. The weather was nice in the low 40s, but there were winds of 25-30mph. On the first half of the course, the winds were not too bad. However, the last 2.5 miles was completely exposed, uphill, with a head wind the whole way. Did…
Over the past week, Anna and I have been working hard on the farm and making lots of improvements. Not investing a lot of money, just tweaking things to make the operations more efficient. Along the way, we added 11 more hens and 2 more roosters (one is still arriving Tues or Wed), bringing our…
Alex and Vicki are riding with 10 other kids practice mounted games for pony club!
This afternoon, I finally carved out a little time to relax. I decided to ride Cinder. I was actually test riding a new saddle, but it didn’t fit well. So, I took the saddle off and rode Cinder bareback for a little while. He was feeling quite frisky from the increased grain ration lately and…
I decided to take 4 days of leave this week to spend some time working on various farm projects. While the list is never-ending, Anna and I are working hard on a few specific projects before spring gets here. I did manage to spend a few minutes with Betty and her kids outside in their…
In January, we added Cedars of Lebanon Betty Ford (Betty) to our goat herd. We specifically bought her because she was due to kid before any of our other does, and therefore we would resume getting milk for the family sooner. Today, Betty had twin doelings! Both are healthy and doing well. I’ll take some…