Getting Back into the Blogging Groove
Well, it’s been a LONG time since I’ve blogged. Things have been busy, and I’ve been neglectful. I do want to get back into it, so my goal is to spend 10-20 minutes every evening takin’ care o’ business.
I’ll do a quick re-intro of things and then tonight, hopefully my first installment of my new way of life will happen.
So…The cows we have on the farm now are:
Sally Jo, still my favorite girl, but don’t tell the others
Janie, still a sweetheart. She calved December 19, 2009 and gave us a half red Angus bull calf, whose name is Yum-Yum Eat ‘im Up, but we call him Dum-Dum for short. He will be leaving to go to beef camp soon (a friend’s farm who pastures him until it is time for freezer camp, next summer).
Annie, I’m not sure if we had her as of my last blogging. She came from Nebraska and was traded in part for Molly (meaning Molly was only a small part of her price). She is a first time freshener, and has been in milk since last May. She is a cutie and still a teenager.
Dante still has the goats, Coco, Carmie, Oreo, and Hildago. He has a new doe (the first ever born on our farm) Pumpkin Pie, and a new buck (about 9 months old), Brown Boy (formerly Stupid Brown Baby Boy, but shortened because he is not a baby anymore and we are trying to stop hurting his feelings). Oreo and Coco are in milk and Oreo is being milked. Poor Oreo had a still born about a month ago.
Penelope, the American Guinea Hog sow, has just had her third litter. We butchered the first litter. YUMMY! The second litter will be ready for butcher in a couple of months. Orwell, the American Guinea Hog boar, is out being a pigolo (being studded out) again. He should be back soon.
We still have assorted chickens and Duck-Duck-Goose (2 ducks who know they are ducks and one goose who thinks she is a duck/person).
I have been trained and certified and licensed in Bovine Artificial Insemination (AI) and am starting to build that as part of the services offered here at the farm.
I am also offering workshops on homesteading topics. Check out the page here on the blog to your right and also check out the Learning Center on my main website. www.pintsizedfarm.com
Okay, until tonight, when I update for the day.