Farm Babies & upcycling

   I haven't posted anything for over two months. Much has been happening between now and then. A few goat kids have been born within the last month. The first babies to kick off the kidding season on Easter, April 5th, were purebred fainting goat twins, named Salt and Pepper, they are so cute! 

The next one to to follow, Mr.Strawberry, was born on April 9th. He is a Mini Saanen Fainting goat. He was sold a while ago as a bottle baby. He is so cute, I couldn't resist sharing his photo. He has been sold to a great home as a bottle baby!

The last goats (so far) that were born were adorable fainting Mini-Nubian crosses. They are as cute as a button! 

                           Brownie & Bramble

                        Bramble




     I love watching the babies grow up! When they turn two months they will be sold. Most of them are already spoken for :)



       On another note, my sister and I updated a old vintage chair. We love the distressed look we gave and the and the new (giraffe print) seat cover! The old seat cover was torn and had dry rot. Please ignore the dog! It was the only photo I had before painting! I think we have been bitten by the up-cycling bug!

Long Farm update

           



                Ok! You caught me, I haven't written a post in almost a month!!

  I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Mine was wonderful with the family and with food!

             We had apple pie with a crumbled brown sugar crust, among other wonderful fares. 

        

         On another day I tried out a vegetable spaghetti maker called the veggetti which was bought at CVS, but I saw it at Walmart and it looks like you could buy it at: http://www.buyveggetti.com 

I used it to turn zucchini into spaghetti strands and whipped up one of their recipes with Parmesan Alfredo sauce. Just as long as there is enough cheese in my zucchini spaghetti, it tastes amazing.

Yummy alfredo sauce with zucchini noodles.

The spaghetti maker in work.

On another note Marshmallow, one of the adult ewes, had a baby ram last week. His name is very traditional, Spotty.  

Those bug eyes are so adorable!!

          I started making short goat leads in a variety of colors. I am thinking about selling them, but am not quite sure yet. 

Blue and black lead on Milkshake.

Newbie, modeling oh so wonderfully in this shot (and staying still long enough!)

         I will post a recipe of hot apple cider soon, so keep posted!


 

Fall is here!!

              Fall is such a beautiful season! I love it when colors change on the leaves and the nights become cooler (not cold!). Here are some pictures of the farm with hues of yellow and orange colors. ~Enjoy

Crust-less Butternut Pie Recipe

            If you remember the squash post from a month or two ago, then you will remember that I harvested lots of squash. So I have baked squash, used it in ice cream (Yes, it actually tasted amazing!) and crust-less pie. I am sharing with you my crust-less pie recipe today! I am guessing that you could substitute the butternut squash with acorn squash or canned pumpkin as well.

Crust-less Butternut Pie:
     2 cups butternut squash
     1/2 cup honey
     3 eggs
     1 tsp cinnamon
     1/2 tsp ground cloves
     1/8 tsp cardamom
     1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
     1/8 tsp allspice

          1.   Blend all the ingredients together.
          2. Cook the "pie" in nine inch pie pan at 350F for 30 minutes or 400F for 20 minutes.

       

I Finally Caught It!!!! (On camera) & Update!

             
            I know I have not blogged in two weeks! I love looking at other peoples blogs, and  how they can blog almost every day! I am just blogging here and there, but hope to start (almost) daily blogging. So bear with me as I try to make this a semi-regular blog!

     Now, to the title! I finally was able to whip out my camera and take some pictures of this (cute) kitty that hangs around to barnyard area. The cat is very skittish, but is brave enough to come visit the Odyssey, who lives in the garage.

           The kitties are saying hi to each other!

Look at that cute face! I love long haired cats!

There is the cat again, with the corral panels obstructing the view.

  I have LOTS of recipes and stories that were meant to be on the blog an long time ago, but I will try to be in a posting frenzy and write more posts!

Farm Moments

               Farm moments:

Look at Dill's smile! He loves belly rubs!

In the far left corner there is a chicken looking at the squash that Blue Bonnet is eating.

Apparently she didn't want to fight! (Please excuse the chickens, they are molting!)

Little Pudding, the fainting goat looks on, and dreams of more sweet fed and oat in her future! She has such a pitiful look!

Texas went over a small episode of colic, but he is now fine and loves the feel of fall when out grazing.

I still have a few more flowers to plant, aren't they pretty?!

  

If your were wanting to know how the calf is doing, he is thriving VERY well and is beefing up!

On a last note, this ram went to the butcher because he was becoming aggressive and slightly dangerous. His yield was 48lbs.

My "Garden"

               

                                 I am not posting many words today, as I am going to express most of them in pictures of recently planted flowers. 

                 ~Enjoy!

Step by step: How to make a vintage pebble stone entryway

   

    I looked at the steps leading to the front porch, and thought that they needed an extra something, so I "decorated" the stairs by making an entryway for it. Anyhow, if you want the instructions here they are:

Step 1:

Clear out grass, weeds, and dig an indent in the soil, the size you want for your entryway. 

    Step 2:

Cut a 1/4 inch rubber mat the size of your entry way. Notice how I put the rubber mat all the way to the ledge.

Step 3:

I placed the bricks on the two sides of the mats. Because this entry way is on a slope I placed the bricks on the right in two layers. I also cut up feed bags to put between the mat and bricks, possibly to inhibit the growth of weeds.

Step 4: (Almost done!)

Fill the mat with pebbles and check to make sure that the rubber is not visible. It took five and a half 25 pound bags. Don't under estimate the amount of rocks!

Step 5:

Add flowers to the holes in the bricks! I added violas,be creative, but use small flowers!

I also placed a Russian Sage plant on both sides! It is so beautiful!

Step 6: You are finished!

I hoped you enjoyed this post and if you want more how to posts, please comment!

Surprise!

WHAT A SURPRISE!!!!

We didn't even think Ginger, our Dexter cow, was expecting.  It is best to have the calves in the warm wearther, than in the cold wet winter that is anticipated this winter.  This is her second dunn colored calf.  Billy Boy, the sire, is a black bull.  They all have such sweet personalities. 

As soon as we noticed this wondrous event, we climbed the fence, trimmed his cord and dipped it in iodine.