So the other day after work I took the goats out for a little stroll on the hillside below the barn. They have grown tired of their plain old pasture and were more than happy to go exploring. All along this hillside there are maples, blackberry, lots of grasses and weeds, basically a goats dream. […]
Sad day on the farm
As the title says, we are sad today, last night we lost one of our baby goats. She was passed away in the stall when I went to do evening chores, with the other goats close by. Below is a picture of her when she was born, you can see she was very tiny from […]
Brand new baby goats
Spitfire, had her first babies the other day. We call her a first freshener, the first time a doe has given birth (kidded). She gave birth to three little ones, a very large buckling, and two doelings. One of the doelings was very small and we had to keep a very close eye on her […]
Eggs aren’t created equal
So if you have eaten farm raised eggs, you know they are completely different from store bought eggs. There is much more flavor and the yolks are more vibrant and colorful. Eggs also come in a wide variety of colors depending on which chicken breed laid the specific egg. But as you can see in […]
A couple of snow days
This week we had a couple of snow days. It was enough to cancel school for a couple of days. This month has been pretty chilly as well, with only one day in the 50’s, which is pretty unusual for us. We got nice pictures of the snow, even though it didn’t stick around much, […]
Baby Goat Videos
Go ahead, waste a few minutes and watch a couple videos of some baby goats just being silly. Sorry for the little bucklings being, well, like little bucklings. Some of them start trying to “mate” in the first couple days, and at three weeks they are clearly trying to figure it out. Silly boys! All […]
Our field and flooding
So every winter the creek floods and a few times a year is turns our lower field into a giant lake. Here are some pictures of the field before it flooded. And here are a few pictures of the field as the water was rising. This flooding was very minor compared to some of the […]
A Couple of Small Projects
So over the fall we had some spare time, so what did I decide to do? Yep, complete a project or two! The first one was upgrading our shooting range area. We have an area on the lower pasture that we shoot handguns, there is a nice backstop and it is easy to walk down […]
Splitting Wood for Winter
Every two years we need to cut and split wood for our wood burning stove. We have a large woodshed that allows us enough room for two years worth of split and stacked wood, and this fall it was time to replenish the supply. Not sure if you remember from previous posts, Water Logging, but […]
A New Water Supply Room
So a few weeks ago I posted about our new water supply room and as I was looking at the pictures I had taken it gave me to motivation to actually finish the room. You know how it is, there are often too many things to get done, sometimes you just want to get done what […]
Baby Goats on the farm
Yes, it has finally happened, there are little bundles of baby goat joy here on the farm! The moms were huge, I referred to them as double-wides, and they were truly in need of an escort vehicle anytime they waddled around the barn. According to our breeding records they could have started kidding anytime this […]
In Loving Memory
Karren passed away in her Gresham home of more than 30 years on September 20th. Born in Portland to Don and Gladys Marshall March 7, 1944, she attended Santiam High School in Mill City, and then graduated from Oregon State University with a business degree. She soon married Danny Espalin whom she met in college, […]