Ruffled Feathers and Spilled Milk

Farming with ducks and dairy goats, chickens and children.

Florist Shmorist

O, Farmer, Wherefore Art Thou?

It’s me, the garden. I’m just wondering where you are.  Because I haven’t seen you in a while.  And there’s trouble down here.

No Dumping

Don’t do this. Really. It breaks about 20 regulations, ordinances and, maybe, even commandments. I know what you’re thinking.  What else do you do with the debris you collect from the back pasture except load it into the truck, strap it down, and haul it to the dump? That’s the problem.  There is no dump. […]

Cute is Overrated.

I canceled the spring farm tour.  Not because I wanted to cancel it.  I know opening the farm for tours is a great way to make friends out of the neighbors and win new customers.  But the animals won’t cooperate.  Everyone wants to see cute cuddly chicks and cute fluffy ducklings and cute playful goat […]

Udderly Waiting

Waiting for the goat kids to be born next month is starting to bother me.  Even worse it’s starting to bother the goats.  Not the waiting part.  Just the part where I’m always following them around trying to check out their nether regions.  Why is it that when you want a goat to look you […]

It’s That Time

When it’s over 70 degrees at 6am, I know it’s time.  Finally. Summer is here.  It’s time to wash the goat coat and pack it away. You might call yours a barn coat.  And, officially, that’s what it is.  The coat actually spends as much time carrying chickens under a fleecy sleeve and pinning the […]

What was I thinking?

There’s no good excuse.  I guess I just got carried away.  Because the summer garden was finally planted (except for the root crops which prefer a 3rd quarter moon).  The raised beds in the side pasture were filled with compost in preparation for the vine crops (2nd quarter moon in Scorpio).  The chicken accessories were […]

The Perfect Storm

It’s second quarter moon in Cancer. And almost April 22nd. Plus, a gentle rain in the forecast. To top it off,  the kids are home from school on an early release day. You know what that means. You do, don’t you? Ready, set…if you’ve got it, plant it! That’s right.  For those of us using […]

‘Tis the season

It’s that time of year.  When the chickens’ desire to procreate overrides their desire to provide me with fresh eggs for market.  The entire 4 acres of our farm becomes the battleground for a strategic game of  chicken-hide-and-farmer-seek. Bad chicken.  This is not the nest box.

Hardening Off

Hardening off is a transitional period during which one accustoms seedlings started indoors to the natural environmental conditions outdoors, in preparation for transplanting.  It’s a delicate process requiring patience and diligence to prevent shock or stress to the seedlings.  Or so I hear. I’m not exactly sure how hardening off works because patience and diligence […]

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