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Hansel
Here’s our buck Hansel showing off his climbing skills. We have a small goat herd of 11 does and 11 kids. Did you know that worldwide, goat meat is the most popular red meat? It’s only us crazy westerners who prefer beef.
...read moreThe Chicken Ark
Two days labor, eight old pallets, a box of nails and ten feet of chicken wire is all it takes to make your very own backyard chicken coop. The Ark is designed for safety, to provide adequate laying nest boxes, to be dragged around by one person and provide a little grass for early morning [...]
...read moreLivestock Farmer
Sorry for the long breaks between posts. Turns out farming doesn’t leave much time and energy behind for things like blogging. I hope to sum up the last couple months in this post, and then intermittently post shorties here and there to have something worth seeing and reading. Anyway, Kate and I have been back [...]
...read moreEdelweiss
This is our sick goat edelweiss. Kate has already blogged on this but I think my photo is worth sharing. He’s super sweet and getting some attention until he’s better.
...read moreMilking Goats
Every night we milk Rosie who lost her kids and now produces milk for our hurt piglets. Goats have a lot of personality, enjoy scratches on the head and hugs around the belly and seem to genuinely like people. In addition their meat is supposedly better nutritionally than beef and tastes great. In the photo [...]
...read moreMarket Day
Today is also market day. On Wednesdays and Saturdays kate and I head to our local farmers market in carrboro about 40 minutes away. We have the coolest market vehicle, for sure.
...read moreMoving Pigs
Today we had to move some young pigs who escaped previous attempts to our spring/summer stock pen. These are couple month old pigs who will become market pigs later in the year. After weaning, these pigs live together in a big pen as they approach 250-275 pounds. At that point we start catching them a [...]
...read moreHailey’s Blog: I think I just broke my toe?!
Okay possibly not 
– but I stubbed it 45 minutes ago, and it’s still throbbing! Oh well… toes are overrated anyway, right?On non-toe related fronts, life is really looking up. I’m finally feel better (yahooooo!) and have accepted that some days, yo…
Hailey’s Blog: lessons in faith.
[the photos in this post are credited to Luck Photography, and were taken a few weeks ago at the farm. thanks, sarah!]It’s been a hard week here at the farm. Since feeling ill last week, I just haven’t been able to bounce back in the way that I normall…
...read moreHailey’s Blog: thursday thursday
Happy Thursday, and, in honor of my dear friend Kate’s model of blogging, here is what I’m thankful for in my garden world today:for corn forming on the stalks in my three sisters garden, and the fact that the pole beans climb up them with no human int…
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