What's going on? Unbeknownst to us, one of our chickens who we thought had vainly been setting on eggs, has in fact hatched two babies. Good job, Mama Hen! They may not even be her blood relations but she's the best damn surrogate I've ever seen.
Our does kidded this Tax Season 2008. The boy is named 'Little'...not so little now, and the girl is named Heddar...rhymes with cheddar...as in I woke up this morning and took a heada outta my mutha's womb. She needed help being delivered so I was initiated into the scary and sureal vocation of goat midwifery. Yikes. I hadn't planned to be elbow deep in a goat uterus that morning. At least not before my coffee. WTF. It was crazy. I'm glad I could help the doe and the kid. I'm not looking forward to kidding season this year.In other news my husband bought a tractor and we're planning to use the back field next year to grow more veggies and let the goats forage. We've got 20 lbs of garlic in the ground and that's a start. I planted a bit more last year, but in a smaller area. This year I added another variety and spread em out more.
It's getting colder and we've got our food put up for the most part. Tomatoes, potatoes, tomatillos, beans, edemame(need to plant more next year), pumpkins, apple butter, squash, cabbage, celeriac, garlic, onions, pickles, peppers and blueberries and assorted roasted veggies in the freezer. We sold alot too through a CSA and hope to up the ante next year.
I will attempt to write more in the near future...a pre-New Year's resolution.
Happy Harvest!
