by Kara Williams | Jul 24, 2016 | Chickens, Cows, Goats, Summer
Summer is rolling by. The pastures are parched, the garden is growing, and the kids are enjoying mostly unscheduled days.Last blog entry I shared how three animals in the photo at right should be pregnant, but are not. Marianne, the little black goat, was our last...
by Kara Williams | Jun 10, 2016 | Chickens, Country Living, Cows, Goats, Reflections
Hope is tomorrow’s veneer over today’s disappointment. ~Evan Esar We started the year with such excitement and high hopes. In Janurary we purchased a pregnant Irish Dexter named Annabelle with her steer (neutered male) calf. She was expected to...
by Kara Williams | Jan 25, 2016 | Cows, Garden, Goats, Winter
Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.~Proverbs 19:212016 arrived with hopes, and dreams, and plans,It’s sparkling cider, I promise.and the snow that our family had been longing for for two years....
by Kara Williams | Apr 12, 2015 | Chickens, Goats, Winter
A warm January day Winter Recovery The past three months have been quiet on the farm. I suppose that is part of the purpose of Winter – to restore us and give us rest and ready us for the coming season of growth and activity and new life. The first seed catalog...
by Kara Williams | Sep 9, 2014 | Goats
If you’re short of trouble, take a goat. ~Finnish proverb When we brought Elinor and Marianne home, we placed them in the pasture and expected them to start eating the vast variety of yummy weeds and shrubs and grasses thriving there. (Goats are...
by Kara Williams | Sep 6, 2014 | Goats
If you’re short of trouble, take a goat. ~Finnish proverb My whole life I have had the inexplicable desire for a goat. I don’t know why, except that they are awfully cute and I have heard, are brighter and more like pets than other farm animals. So when we...
