Cleared gravel & black plastic. Dug 1 ft down x 3 ft reach. I know it doesn’t look like much right now, but this keyhole garden is the most efficient permaculture in practice in our entire backyard. It really ties the farm (room) together, a bit like the Dude’s rug in the Big Lebowski. We started the raised beds before there was much livestock litter to go around, so the timing worked out quite well. A few...

our hammock! And once all of the goat holding and chicken egg harvesting and slip-n-sliding was done… the hammock was the big hit. We’re getting nice morning shade from our East neighbors and we found all kinds of things to do in it this morning. Not the least of which, was sipping goat’s milk iced lattes with ‘Gramma’ Lynne while Brianna and Finley romped around the yard and conquered their fears of the...

Early yesterday morning I caught Daisy and Tracy “playing” I was fortunate to catch a sample of their antics on video while milking yesterday.  Looks like Daisy has chosen her future mate...

Pockets was out for a break from the babies before a few folks stopped over for a milking demo. She had been quietly minding her own business nibbling a leaf here and a garden plant there. Some awkward conglomeration of noise ensued and it sounded a bit like someone had slipped on a banana peel and slid into a stack of pots and pans, except there were more hooves involved. We looked back and it looked at first like nothing had happened until I...

It’s true, I haven’t photographed everyone that’s held a goat in the last couple months, but I’ve gotten some great shots of folks when I did grab the camera. During our visit with the beautiful Montano family we learned that Soul is a bit of a broccoli lover. I’m excited to say he may love  bouncing around the pen with baby goats just as much! Ellen is the proud adopted parent of Clarice, the only baby girl of the...