Somehow, I knew I’d be back on here today. For the second year in a row Flora delivered on Good Friday morning. And no, I was not up all night like I had said I might be yesterday. At my last check at quarter to 11 I could tell that Flora was ‘off,’ but certainly nowhere close. So, I went to bed and set my alarm for 2 am to look in on her just in case. Nothing was happening…
I’ve been holding off on writing any posts because (a) it’s been a particularly difficult week for our family this week and (b) I’d assumed that Flora would deliver and that would be our next post. Alas, that has not happened. She is 4 days overdue and doesn’t seem to be in any hurry. Meanwhile, our grocery budget has increased dramatically what with us buying various types of organic and grass-fed milk. Purchasing raw milk, though it would certainly be…
Spring is nearly here, and I for one am ready for it. I enjoy winter and all, but this year it’s gone on too long. I think my sentiments on this derived from the fact that last summer was so overcast and rainy – it feels as though it has been winter for about 18 months now. Enough of skiing, knitting and Hygge; let’s get going with the spring! That said, the fact that the snow and the temps in…
It’s been a little while since we’ve been on here last thanks to a stomach bug that ripped through our household last week. Only Rachel made it through unscathed on that one. The boys and I got walloped pretty bad. Daniel was the toughest. Daniel doesn’t have the self awareness the older boys do to get to the bathroom in time, so wherever he happened to be was precisely where he would get sick. Consequently, we put about 2,000 miles…
Well, the time has come that I’ve been looking forward too with a mix of both relief and disappointment: drying off the goats. Drying off is steadily decreasing a doe’s milk production until the doe is dry. This is done so that the doe’s body is given a period of rest before her kids are born in the spring and to allow her body to recharge before another 10 months of milking commences. It also gives the farmer a bit…