Projects, Projects everywhere....



psssst, Flora's for sale :)

Over the past week, aside from getting sick and slowly recovering from said sickness :)...

- the pig's charger broke and they "escaped" - walked around a few feet away from their enclosure :) - but E managed to get it working again.

- several nights of heavy frost have killed off everything but the kale, brussel sprouts, swiss chard, and some radishes and lettuce...we'll have to harvest a salad or two before the mesclun gives up the ghost.

- we cordoned off the small entrance to the pasture with some welded wire and a livestock gate to make our own goat git-mo.... all difficult goats can be held there for any reason, without cause given, for unlimited amounts of time. It's making our lives a lot easier already, especially in the mornings when we need to get to work. The cats have also recently discovered the joys of milking - I now have two constant companions the second I snap on either goat's lead.

- Our super secret project for Dave's wedding is progressing nicely...some paint and a bit more construction and it will be finished.

- We found a dairy goat sitter - FINALLY. I've felt SO much less stress now that we have someone to milk the goats for us when we go away!

- We had a great time this weekend celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving with some friends from Ottawa - we made a hard goat cheese with oven dried cherry tomatoes and basil, along with a soft fresh one, braised some kale and brussel sprouts from the garden, and brought a tray of our ever-abundant radishes.

- We snagged a sleeve hitch for our utility tractor off of e-bay and got an amazing deal on a plow...though we're still on the lookout for a discing attachment, we'll be plowing up some of the fall gardens and planting our garlic in the next week or two.

- Someone dumped a little pet rabbit at our neighbor's and since we have an empty hutch, she's residing here at the moment. She's actually pretty sweet, but we're looking for a permanent home for her. Georgia isn't really old enough to appreciate her own pet just yet. Why do people abandon their pets the minute they see the countryside turn farm-y? Argh.

OK, off - being laid up for a few days threw us all off schedule!

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Posted: Sun - October 15, 2006 at 10:26 PM        

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