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~Back To Basics~

~Back To Basics~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** We used to have purebred goats….. We had registered Oberhasli dairy goats…along with Sanaan dairy goats….. We had gotten a Boer meat goat buck…so that the does’ offspring would have more meat and less bony dairy conformation….. …..(and yes…because that was better for eating)….. But with the passage of time…and the storms…and various mishaps….. …..our purebreds got older…their offspring’s genetics got muddled…we were given goats who didn’t match our “program”…(like we’re really that…

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Post Milton Clean-up #137

Post Milton Clean-up #137

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** This clean-up is going to be a long process…everything’s a mess….. We are now at the chainsaw’ing stage…at least the ones that our skill-level can manage….. I hate loosing healthy trees….. The big Oak that came down on the corner roof of the barn…will probably be one of the last things to clean up….. …..because once that’s chainsaw’ed…then the broken pasture fence and smashed gates behind it will need to be addressed….. …..and…

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*Rescuing A Doeling*

*Rescuing A Doeling*

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** It was a seemingly normal Saturday….. In the morning we made a trip to our favorite nursery to buy potted herbs…(for those of you in colder climates…Florida has two growing seasons)….. Herbs haven’t been available in the heat of the summer…and we desperately need cilantro for carnitas…so why not grow our own(?)….. Plus I’d love to have my own rosemary bush…but rosemary needs well-drained soil………….and nothing is well-drained here….. Even though the sun’s…

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~Hiding The Tortillas~

~Hiding The Tortillas~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Hiding the tortillas has become necessary here….. My background is originally from the midwest (Ohio)…and then from the eighth grade through high school…I was in New Jersey….. I’m a Northerner….. …..but I’ve lived in Florida since 1972….. I will never be considered a real Southerner…but I’ve been here a long time….. …..my daughters on the other hand….. They’re both native Floridians and Southerners through and through…and their palates reflect that….. Tasty seafood…I understand…I…

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The Afternoon Loop

The Afternoon Loop

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Preventing illness and injury is far better than dealing with the aftermath….. Over the years…I’ve tried to keep track of who needs what booster shots and/or medicines….. I’ve either done it by memory…or by season…then the wall calendar…then it was a floppy disk…then back to the RoloDex…now on to a SmartPhone….. But…not my SmartPhone…my older daughter’s…my phone is smarter than me…and I judge it for that…and I avoid it whenever & wherever possible……..

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~Here We Go Round~

~Here We Go Round~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* We don’t have a mulberry bush…we have a mulberry tree….. Normally it bears fruit prolifically….. The squirrels…crows…and general bird population…and ME do battle to collect the berries….. This year was no exception…with regard to the quantity of mulberries….. …..but the foliage is not right….. There’s a lot of fruit…but the leaves feel dry and they are curled at the edges….. They aren’t falling off…but they are sparser than usual…and they sure aren’t happy…

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The Bunny Plan…(Revised)

The Bunny Plan…(Revised)

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* We have a lot of “revisions” and/or “revisitations” of ideas here on our little farm….. …..I’d rather call them “revisitations” instead of mistakes….. …..potatoes…potatoes….. …..(and again…that expression looses something in print)….. My original idea of raising meat rabbits hasn’t quite gone as planned….. I mean…the rabbits did just fine…it’s the project that didn’t launch as expected….. But I’m not giving up….. At the beginning…I had cut and J-clipped the wire cages together… I…

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*****Plant Sale*****

*****Plant Sale*****

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* My younger daughter has a job in horticulture….. We were fortunate to live in Florida…because she was able to attend the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind (FSDB) in St. Augustine….. It was a life-changer for her….. And after graduating from FSDB…she went on to complete more schooling at the Florida First Coast Technical College (FCTC) in horticulture…*****(First Coast Technical College)***** This last weekend we went to the Biannual Plant Sale at…

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~l’Odeur de Goat~

~l’Odeur de Goat~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* My younger daughter has daily chores and responsibilities….. In the morning…she feeds the geriatric turkey hen…the Mama rabbit…an assortment of French Black Copper Maran hens…and Brave….. Brave gets fed his breakfast bucket…high up in a pail that is clipped to an eye bolt in the trunk of a pine tree….. …..his bucket is placed up high for a reason…because he is a tall boy and reaching it is not a problem….. …..and because…

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~Easter Is Just Around The Corner~

~Easter Is Just Around The Corner~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Sunday will be Easter….. The dinner and the baskets have been planned….. If you’re thinking we’re a little old for Easter baskets….. You’d be wrong….. They are hidden better…and harder to find….. …..my younger daughter still believes in the Easter Bunny…and that’s all the excuse I need….. So Easter is in full swing here….. There will be multiple Easter baskets…filled with jewel-colored grasses and treats….. Of course they’re packed with (a little) less…

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