Babies for Mama
A week later, and Mama is still broody, so I bought a couple of day old chicks from […]
Success #2
Midge got on the Milking Stand for the first time! It looked like little Rose was telling mum what […]
Success!
After kicking the kids off her injured teat for the last week, Midge finally let Crumpler feed from it […]
Reprieve
There was a lull in the storm and I made the most of the sunshine and weeded another […]
Butcher’s Block Milking Stand
The Milking Shed was still just a plan in my head. I knew where it was going and […]
Oat Heads Forming
Three months after germination, most of the oats have “headed” and will probably flower in the next couple of […]
I Thought Midge Had Mastitis
Yesterday when I tried to milk out Midge, the teat and lower udder felt really thick and hard […]
First Guinea Fowl Egg
The Guineas are feeling fresh and are either chasing each round the property or hiding their nests in […]
Flip-Flop Hoof-Stand
A farrier’s hoof-stand has been on my wish list for a couple of months and the wild, wet […]
Coral Vine
The Coral Vine (Kennedia Coccinia) lives up to its name whenever it finds something to climb. Twining its […]
Injured Udder
Poor Midge has a bruise and scrape on the left side of her udder which looks pretty painful. […]
Pronking
At three days old, the kids have mastered walking and are now practicing their pronking or bouncing. It […]
Blue Eyes
Little Crumpler has the most amazing eyes. I am not sure if all baby goats have pale blue […]
Mama has gone Broody
Only a few days after I was gloating over the number of eggs being laid, Mama has gone […]
Weighing the Kids
We weighed the kids today. They wouldn’t stand still on the scales so I just had to cuddle […]
Lunging Flash
Flash has gradually been coming back into work since his injuries last November and then in March. In June […]
First Morning
The kids were still sleeping when I went in to feed the Goats at 6.45am. Still as cute […]
First Feed
Less than 90 minutes after kidding, Midge was back on her feet and Crumpler was feeding. […]
Crossed Legs
Only 45 minutes after they were born, the little ones are making progress getting their legs to work. […]
Wobbly Legs
Less than an hour after being born Crumpler tries out her legs. She is still a bit wobbly […]
Introducing Crumpler
Her ears are much longer than Rose’s and because she was smaller and all squashed up, her ears […]
Introducing Rose
She pretty much looks like Bambi, but with a light patch on her head rather than a dark […]
Twin Girls!
Just a couple of minutes after I arrived, another “bag” appeared and a second kid shot out. I […]
I Missed It!
As soon as I got to the pen, I could see Midge on her knees cleaning up a […]
I Couldn’t Wait
I couldn’t wait the full hour and went to check on Midge after 45 minutes. As soon as […]
Last Minute Advice
I took my birthing kit* out and checked on Midge just after 12:30, then rang the breeder at […]
It’s On – Midge is Kidding
Midge’s ligaments had softened this morning when I felt them while feeding her at 7am and they had completely disappeared […]
Sunrise at 06:38
At 4 degrees it was 10 degrees colder than it had been 3 days ago. It felt pretty […]
Springing Back to Life
I had no idea how flat I had become after a long cold and wet winter. We have […]
Sunrise at 06:42
The mostly clear skies meant it was about 7 degrees cooler than yesterday, but also meant an interesting […]
Three Eggs A Day
Ginger the champion chicken is still laying everyday and the others are catching up. Mama is laying every day again […]
Cloud Blanket
A thick bank of clouds started rolling in just after 5.30 last night. This blanket kept temperatures up […]
Mayweed Sunray
Like the Capeweed, the Mayweed Sunray (Hyalosperma cotula) is a member of the Asteracea family with its multiple […]
Sort of September Sunrise
It has rained every day for the last week, so there have not been many spectacular sunrises. (I […]
Asparagus Spears Spring
I was all excited to see the Asparagus Spears punching their way out of the ground, until I […]
Bronze Beauty
I managed to capture the bronze metallic sheen on this hover fly as it collected pollen from the […]
A Guilty Pleasure
These bright “mini sunflowers” are the prolific capeweed (Arctotheca calendula), so I did feel guilty admiring them. Like the […]
Above Average August Rains
There were only 3 days this month that it didn’t rain! An average August down here would have […]
Use What You Have II
We have started building the base for our wood-fire pizza oven. We have clay, gravel and sand on […]
Use What You Have
We wanted to build some seating around the firepit and looked at various options, including rough logs, stone blocks […]
Memorial Garden
Widening the gap between us and real farmers is our memorial garden or Pet Cemetery. We buried Goldie […]
Turning over the Compost
Brad turned over the compost bins with the bucket on the tractor so we have a whole pile of […]
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