Hear we go! This is Gryffon (aka Scrap). He is the little goat buckling born a week ago this past Sunday. Being a musical family here, we have decided that Scrap needs a song all his own. Once he has a song, we will add that song to a video of Scrap doing what little [...]
Archive for the ‘New Babies’ Category
Giveaway
Posted in Contest, fiber, General, Giveaway, goat's, music, Nesting Balls, New Babies, tagged Christmas, farm, giveaway, goat's, just for fun, music, Nesting Balls on December 7, 2011 | 6 Comments »
It’s Been A Long Time Again!
Posted in chickens, Co-op, fiber, General, Mom, New Babies, Quail, sheep, yarn, tagged chickens, Co-op, farm, quail, shearing, sheep, yarn on June 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It’s coming down to the end of Spring around here. Let me update you on what has been going on at the farm. Early Spring brought us the joys of lamb and kid births. So many little ones making it exciting and a little confusing too. We almost lost one of our ewes at lambing. [...]
Just Thinking!
Posted in Garden, tagged farm on January 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Was sitting here having a “want a fresh tomato” moment! Thought I’d share….
When Is It Too Much Rain?
Posted in Alpacas, fiber, Garden, General, goat milk soap, Goat's milk lotion, goat's, sheep, tagged Alpacas, farm, fiber, fleece, goat's, rain, sheep, weather on March 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This has been a burning question for days now. Every time we turn on the news, we see reports about flooding..every time we look out our door, we see flooding. There has to be a point where enough is enough. Our pastures are on the way to lush and green but any grass growth that [...]
Alpaca Farm Farm Tours and More
Posted in Alpacas, fiber, Garden, spinning, tagged Alpacas, goat's milk soap on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a beautiful morning. Grey, rainy and cooler temps. Love it! The late garden seems to be enjoying it too. I will probably can tomatoes this weekend. Those will be most definitely appreciated this winter. This weekend, all over the country, is National Alpaca’s Farm Tour. Our friends, Lois & Ken Pocock of Shady Nook [...]
A Hot Fall Day In Virginia
Posted in Border Collie, Farmer's Market, Garden, sheep, tagged Gardening, sheep on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our weather is so odd in Virginia. Last week it felt like Fall and this week, it’s summer again. The weather forecast for last week included several days of rain..we didn’t see a drop here. This week was suppose to be rainy too..nothing! Our late garden is not doing at all well and our first [...]
General Catching Up
Posted in fiber, Garden, Giveaway, goat milk soap, Goat's milk lotion, goat's milk soap, sheep, tagged Gardening, goat milk soap, goat's milk soap, shearing, sheep on September 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Before I get too wound up in my Blog post I want to share something with everyone that I read this morning from Alpaca Farm Girl Blog http://networkedblogs.com/p10606724?ref=nf and it oh so true of the life of the farmer. Read it and maybe you’ll understand more about what our lives are like. Be sure to [...]
Things That Make Me Smile
Posted in Garden, goat milk soap, Goat's milk lotion, goat's milk soap, tagged Gardening, goat milk soap, goat's milk soap, lotion on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There are many things that make me smile, this is just one of them. I am so excited! Just went out and took a look at the garden. As many of you know, we put our garden in very late this year and I didn’t really expect to see much happening until September. Well, the [...]
The Whole Garden is Finally In
Posted in fiber, Garden, General, Goat's milk lotion, goat's, goat's milk soap, sheep, spinning, yarn, tagged Gardening, goat's, goat's milk soap, lotion, sheep on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well we may be picking our last tomatoes and peppers as the first snow falls but our garden is finally in..now it’s time to think about fall planting. It will be interesting to see how well this garden does. If the rains continue to come every 4 or so days and it continues not to [...]








