Give Me Faith Farm

Freedom? I am horrendously late in updating the farm going-ons and I have NO excuse! Well,  I guess I have some excuses…after struggling through keeping 2 goats alive after kidding, helping process meat chickens at  https://www.akylafarms.com/ for the first 2 weekends in June, farm-sitting for 10 days,  taking a week to enjoy a visit with…

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The Problem with Goats… Is, they can’t tell us what is bothering them. They can hint at it. I have a wether who doesn’t like bugs, at all. He will stamp his feet and twitch his tail like mad, or dive into his Dogloo to escape even the smallest flying insects. In this case, it’s…

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Never worry in public… A month ago, I was watching two of my does deliver their kids, almost back to back. My last post was about the stress I put on myself,  with the anticipation of bouncing goat kids and the worry that comes along with anything important. As I suspected, both does kidded without…

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Kidding time is here at last!! My favorite time of year is almost here (and my most stressful). That’s right, kidding season.  The closer we get to due dates for each of my does, the more excited I am to see little bouncing goatlings but, at the same time, all the worries about what can…

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Welcome to 2024 Every year I can remember since I was a kid, celebrating the new year always meant New Year’s Resolutions. Taking stock of the previous year, everything I wanted to do but didn’t, what I did wrong, what I wanted to change, plans, goals, dreams, etc.  Like most people, my grand schemes for…

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2024 is just around the corner… I am sitting here, looking out the window at a dull gray sky with clouds hanging so low, I can’t see the hills just north of my house. The rain has been coming down in torrents all day with occasional gusts of wind rattling the tree branches.  The yard…

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What the heck is a WWOOFer? “Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms” According to their own website, WWOOFing is a global movement that aims to reconnect people to the land by having them voluntarily participate in organic farming. Volunteers (WWOOFers) visit small scale farms where families and collectives (hosts) live and work. WWOOFers help with farm…

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Where did summer go? My last entry was back in June just as summer was getting a foothold around here. Then I looked up, and it was November. What happened to the the last 4 months?  Well, if I think about it for a minute, I can figure out where it went. We had a…

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Spring is on it’s way out… And summer is just around the corner! Alliekat wrapped up kidding season by giving birth to two lovely long eared doelings on April 21st. You can watch that here.  The fruit trees are leafed out and the garden is (mostly) in. A couple of building projects are in the…

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Back to business… Sometimes I think the hardest thing about starting a blog is, well…starting a blog. This is my second attempt to get things rolling after giving up for more than a year. In that time, I’ve gotten more organized in my thoughts and actions, learned to accept (at least to some extent) my…

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