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goatgurl
Almost Self-Reliant
been so busy lately, i have four sisters and have spent the last few days taking one or the other to a doctor apt, one to an eye apt, one to the grocery store because her car has a flat and going to one's house twice a day to take care of her goats and dogs while she is visiting folks in texas so i haven't been doing much but drive by posting lately. now don't get me wrong i love them all dearly, since mom died a few weeks ago we are all we each have.
along with all that i got a new out building from a friend of mine. she didn't want it and was going to sell it so i said me, me, me please and got a 10x16 metal storage building for $100 plus $250. to move it so a really nice building for a total of $350. what a deal, huh.. i plan on moving my kiln and glass work "stuff" to it and just use for my work shop and use the other building i have just for storage. the guy that does my electrical work will be here in a couple of weeks to wire it then i'll be good for go
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several of the goats have been in heat and just begging me to please let the buck loose but i didn't want Feb. babies so everyone is still separated much to their dismay. i have sold several milking does and kids this fall and will only freshen four does and keep two kids unbred this next years. that number is unreal to me, i haven't had this few does in years and years but i am determined to lower my work load in the next year. i don't plan to raise a calf this year or butcher hogs either. i have a hog and two wethers who will be ready for freezer camp in about a month and a steer who will be butchered next fall so between freezing and canning meat i don't think i'll need anything else for a year or so. that will give me more time to concentrate on the garden and things around the house.
picked the last squash yesterday and put them in the cellar to cure. i love butternut squash and the fact that all four of them came from a volunteer vine that came up from where i had cleaned one last fall. gotta love it when mother nature shares. tomatoes are about done. had one black krim plant that still had several tomatoes and blooms on it but it was blown over in a storm the other night and the chickens and ducks got to it before i found it the next morning and ate every darn tomato almost ripe, pink or green critters!!
i have a serious question to ask, how can one old cat, one old dog and one old woman manage to make such a mess in a house in less than a week. we are all lazy but come on how bad can we be?? if any of you have a reasonable answer let me know. you all have a blessed evening.
along with all that i got a new out building from a friend of mine. she didn't want it and was going to sell it so i said me, me, me please and got a 10x16 metal storage building for $100 plus $250. to move it so a really nice building for a total of $350. what a deal, huh.. i plan on moving my kiln and glass work "stuff" to it and just use for my work shop and use the other building i have just for storage. the guy that does my electrical work will be here in a couple of weeks to wire it then i'll be good for go
.several of the goats have been in heat and just begging me to please let the buck loose but i didn't want Feb. babies so everyone is still separated much to their dismay. i have sold several milking does and kids this fall and will only freshen four does and keep two kids unbred this next years. that number is unreal to me, i haven't had this few does in years and years but i am determined to lower my work load in the next year. i don't plan to raise a calf this year or butcher hogs either. i have a hog and two wethers who will be ready for freezer camp in about a month and a steer who will be butchered next fall so between freezing and canning meat i don't think i'll need anything else for a year or so. that will give me more time to concentrate on the garden and things around the house.
picked the last squash yesterday and put them in the cellar to cure. i love butternut squash and the fact that all four of them came from a volunteer vine that came up from where i had cleaned one last fall. gotta love it when mother nature shares. tomatoes are about done. had one black krim plant that still had several tomatoes and blooms on it but it was blown over in a storm the other night and the chickens and ducks got to it before i found it the next morning and ate every darn tomato almost ripe, pink or green critters!!
i have a serious question to ask, how can one old cat, one old dog and one old woman manage to make such a mess in a house in less than a week. we are all lazy but come on how bad can we be?? if any of you have a reasonable answer let me know. you all have a blessed evening.
