Refocusing and Making Some Tough Choices = FOR SALE

Periodically, we have to take inventory of what we have and where we want the farm to go.  This always results in some difficult decisions, because the heart and the head are not always aligned. We have come to the conclusion, that we are primarily a meat goat and dairy goat farm, with pigs and [...]

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Lots of Mud, Lots of Work – It Must Be Christmas!

All around the world, children of all ages are beginning to get amped up for the big day. Christmas is not merely, ‘right around the corner’, we’ve made the turn and it’s staring us down.  That’s pretty exciting…for some. B and I haven’t had much time to think about Christmas yet. Oh, we’ve mailed some [...]

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Old Fashioned Barn Raising – Please Join Us

Here’s the deal. Our mules, Laverne and Shirley (don’t ask), need a new shelter. They are just too big for the ones we have built for the other animals. They can stoop way over and squeeze in, but it’s really uncomfortable for them. They tore the heck out of one shelter built out of cattle [...]

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The Downside of Draft Mules

If you’ve been by the farm lately, you know that our Belgian Mules, Laverne and Shirley, pretty much dominate the skyline.  Surrounded by miniature goats, miniature cows and a miniature donkey, not to mention a handful of laying hens and 11 turkeys, the girls tower over everything like skyscrapers in Lilliput. The mules are positively [...]

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Mule Pics

Nothing to report, just wanted to publish a couple snaps of the girls I took last night at watering time.  Laverne on Left, Shirley on Right.

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Mules

  On Saturday, Brittan and I welcomed Laverne and Shirley, two absolutely gorgeous Belgian Draft mules into our world.  If donkeys are the original ATV, then mules are the original 4 x 4 pick up truck.  And that’s exactly why we got them. The girls are 11 and 12 years old and trained to harness [...]

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