They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
Our four-footed lawnmowers did an excellent job mowing the lawn around the garden. Before... After. In only two days they ate it down to the ground, and enjoyed it immensely. Unfortunately, there isn't enough grass there to keep them happy long term, so we moved them back to the pasture. The pasture is still not… Continue reading A Very Helpful Winnie
For those wondering why all the excitement in our recent post about nursing, let me give you the back story that we didn't have time to post over the weekend. When Darla was born on Saturday, February 21, (that date needs to go into the record book, by the way [note to self]), Iris was… Continue reading Nursing Struggles
Trying to Nurse https://youtu.be/tBsVoJogYQY Ten minutes later after mixing up a bottle… https://youtube.com/shorts/MZuRF0xswKk?feature=share
Meet Darla the Dexter! Full video coming soon.
Iris is continuing to delay. She and her calf appear to be in no hurry. Her vulva is quite floppy (how's that for a sentence you never expected to read in a family blog!?) and there has been a little bit of mucus. She was a little slow getting up this morning for feeding, but… Continue reading Maternity Farm
Still waiting.
Cow salt and sheep salt are not the same. I don't know if you know this. You may have thought that we just salted our cow and our sheep with the same generic table salt, but you would be wrong. Sheep salt has to be granular, not blocked, because sheep have smooth tongues. They cannot… Continue reading Salt Boxes
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