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Natural Or Frustrated… “Common Sense” Homesteading
I have sucked at blogging in 2015. Now its 2016 and I was cleaning the barn thinking about why. You know why I have been so bad at it? It is because I want to help people and I was … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Homesteading
Tagged animal, animal care, animals, baby animals, bee, bee keeping, bees, children, eating well, failure, family, farm, farming, food, garden, gardening, goat, goat care, goats, homestead, homesteading, mentor, natural health, nigerian dwarf, nigerian dwarf goat, nigerian meadows, outdoors, success, teaching
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Choosing A Livestock Guardian Dog
It is a crisp autumn morning and as I walk to the barn I hear the goats hollering, the rooster crowing, and excited barking from our puppy. Sultana greets me at the gate, squealing with joy and rolling over for … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Goats, Homesteading, LGD, Uncategorized
Tagged anatolian, choosing a livestock dog, choosing an LGD, dog, farm dog, great pyr, great pyranese, kangal, karakachan, LGD, livestock, livestock guardian dog, meremma, puppy, selecting an lgd, training
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Milking Caper
As I left the house to go milk I had no idea of the fun in store tonight. Walking down the hill to the barn I heard the goats calling, which if you have goats you know this is pretty … Continue reading
Feeding the High Producing Dairy Goat Part 2: The Gut
I had a hard time organizing my thoughts into an orderly fashion regarding feeding high production goats. There are so many factors, and they all inter-relate to make a whole. I know everyone is anxious for a magic formula with … Continue reading
Posted in Goats, Homesteading, Uncategorized
Tagged animal, animal care, animals, eating well, family, farm, farming, feeding goats, food, goat care, goat health, gut, gut and immune system, gut and parasites, gut and production, gut health, homestead, homesteading, nigerian dwarf goat, nigerian meadows, parsites
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Feeding the High Producing Dairy Goat Part 1: Genetics
I have goats. Lots of goats by my standard (24 or so), not so many compared to some herds. I have had them for many years now, nearly 10? I can’t really remember except that my youngest child was a … Continue reading
Posted in Goats, Homesteading, Uncategorized
Tagged animal, animal care, animals, dairy, dairy goat, family, farm, farming, feeding, feeding farm animals, feeding goats, food, genetics and production, goat, goat care, goat farming, goats, hi producing, high production, homestead, homesteading, milk, milking, nigerian meadows, production does
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Who Works Harder?
We are cleaning up from supper tonight, or at least I am, and my husband bemoaning the fact that I am going to put some hours in at my job answering emails and I still have to do the evening … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Homesteading
Tagged children, family, farm, homeschool, homestead, homesteading, nigerian meadows
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Waking Up To 2015!
A whole new year is ahead! Can you believe it?! We made it through 2014, despite dire predictions of disaster. Sure, chaos is present, but so is peace and goodness. Sometimes the world I see reminds me of the story … Continue reading
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Tagged eating well, family, farm, goal, goals, homestead, homesteading, New Year Goals, New years, nigerian meadows, planning
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The Reluctant Chickenista
Chickens on our farm have always been the lowly, replaceable stock. That sounds bad in a way, but truly it isn’t meant that way, its just that in the scheme of things, where I struggle to have enough food for … Continue reading
Posted in Chickens, Family, Homesteading, Uncategorized
Tagged animal, animal care, animals, chicken, chickenista, chickens, children, eating well, eggs, family, farm, farming, garden, gardening, hen, hens, hens on farm, homestead, homesteading, nigerian meadows
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Backyard Gardens & Hunger Relief
I went out to my garden this morning and was so pleased. It gave me such a sense of well-being and thankfulness to look out over the fall crops, still dripping from yesterdays rain. The cool air of autumn gently … Continue reading
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