We finally have our goats! They're really sweet, and we love them. Right now we're having to bottle-feed them twice a day...but not for long. They're eating grain and hay as though they are starving.
Tonight we got to sit down to dinner before feeding the goats. Sometimes it is 8:30-9:00 before we can eat because of chores that need to be done "down at the barn". We have 6 hens and a rooster (Earl and the girls) in one fenced area. Adjacent to them we have our 2 dogs, a black lab and a Great White Pyrenees/Newfoundland (Della and Daisy). In the next fenced area live the Saanen goats (Chloe, Heidi, and Muffin).
We're enjoying the fresh eggs and the early spring vegetables that are just getting started. We have big plans for the gardens. So far we have lettuce, chard, cabbage, and peas growing and have started seeds for lots of tomatoes, more broccoli, pac choi, and some herbs. Asparagus are coming back from last year, but we can't cut them for another year.
This afternoon I pulled weeds to make more room to plant in our 'kitchen' garden. After he finished his Alcatel-Lucent job for the day, Dwight mended a feeding station for the chickens and took the trash and recycling to the dump.
It's been a good day, and we've gotten a lot done. We're ready for a good night's sleep so that we can get up early to care for the animals before Dwight starts work at 8.
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