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Sad news: Vamy and Vanilla did not make it. They were both malpresented and never did well but they went downhill yesterday. Im thinking they aspirated amniotic fluid.

Happy news: Tiger's Eye had twins today. Sam decided he wanted to use the names. We have a doeling Vanilla and Voctor Veggman.

Chase had her kids today! A doeling (darker) and buckling. The doeling is named Vhadow and the buckling is Vuckles.......vnuckles?

2 down 3 to go. So many babies!

Maisie sprinted to the end and had a tri-coloured doeling and sundgau buckling last night about 10P.

Sam called them his birthday babies! 😍

Doeling is Vilver. Buckling is Vonic.

Chase is due on Thursday and VERY uncomfortable.

Chase is looking like she'll go first. I have her bred date at about Feb 5th but I pen breed so my dates aren't exact.

One of the kids picks a theme for kid names. This year Sam picked and we decided to change the first letter to match this year's tat letter. Any guesses on theme? 😄

Sugar(right) and Spice have it....mostly figured out.

They both came running when I came out with bottles this afternoon. I had to guide them to the nipples on the lamb bar. Once they got latched though they went to town!

Sugar and Spice are both successfully on bottles.

Spice has even graduated to the lamb bar!

We got a bottle bar built mostly because our friend brought us 2 lambs from a set of quadruplets! They are ewes named Sugar and Spice.

It will hold 16 bottles so we are ready for ALL the babies.

Also we reuse. That used to be a bookcase, then the base for kids beds, and now its a bottle bar!

First time this winter I've had to break out ALL the winter gear.

Had to take the axe to the water tank. Water at the bottom around the heater but its either too cold or the heater is going bad. Got something jerryrigged up and ill have to check on it.

Current temp: -13F
Feels like: -36F

Got the ladies moved into the barn early because of the cold front coming. Just need to get the baby monitor set up.

Put everyone else together in the better small shelter and added fresh bedding.

Should also get the pastuerizer and bottles out and dusted off!

Our still (for water, neither one of us drinks) arrived yesterday.

I got it all set up for the initial vinegar run and was really disappointed because the pump wasn't strong enough to circulate the cooling water.

This genius gets home and opens the valves for me....

My excuse is I'm sick. 🤦‍♀️

Sick kids(and mom) this week.

Board games are not so great with grumpy, miserable kids.

There's lots of arguing and pushing of buttons.

Asking the gods for the patience this week for sure.

These pretty ladies are getting round!

Kids are due over the first two weeks of February.

Mommas will be moving into the big barn (heated to 44*F) next weekend.

Sunrise with bright pinks and oranges fading to purples and Grey blue. Tree-lined horizon with branches closer on the right and left.

I haven't posted in a long while.

I haven't been keeping up on business things very well either.

I've been struggling mentally but am doing better.

It's ok to take a step back. Breathe. Reset. Keep going.

The most important step is not the first one, it's the next one.

#brandonsanderson

Jeff and Maggie building countertops.

South end of the barn us "finished"! Still need organizational stuff, obviously.

The mostly done south end.

The Curious Kid's Science Book by Asia Citro, MEd

Scientific Method Student Notebook

Pages in the notebook for an observation and follow up question, background research, hypothesis, experiment materials and procedure, and data collected from observation.

Pages for analyzing results, making and sharing conclusions, and a page for charts or drawings

I've been on hiatus for a while now, but I am so excited about this delivery. We found this book at one of our local libraries (we rotate through at the moment), and I knew we needed it for our library. I also got each of the kids their own scientific notebook. I'll post updates from the farm soon.

All set up at The Renaissance Faire at Sleepy Hollow again.

I will be taking a year off of Renaissance Faires after this. Hopefully I will be back at Faires in the Fall of 2026.

I am still making soap and will be at a couple farmers markets and at EB at Merle Hay Mall.

All set up at The Renaissance Faire at Sleepy Hollow. I will be here this weekend and next.

After that you can find me at Maxwell's Market in the Park the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month. On the 1st and 3rd Sunday I will be at the Nevada Farmers Market.

Today was tattoo day! Everyone is green now. Jeff and I managed to stay clean this year. They also got their CD&T boosters and the boys got wethered.

Dairy Goats - farm & garden - by owner - sale - craigslist I have four goats needing new homes. Two buckling kids on bottles. Blaze is polled. He is 50/50 Toggenburg/Guernsey. Wither is horned. He is 25/75 Toggenburg/Guernsey. Both will be wethered and...

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Jeff tilling the last bed. Legs spread wide and stretched out trying not to step in the fresh dirt.

Two bags of peas. Varieties are Oregon Giant and Suttons Harbinger.

Black crate full off potatoes with shoots already growing. Varieties are Adirondack Blue, Adirondack Red, and Kennebec.

Jeff digging rows. Max and Gigi planting potatoes. Dan waiting to fill in rows. Red barn left background. Garage right background.

After we dug through easter baskets we got peas and potatoes planted. It had already started to sprinkle as we started so they'll get a good watering in today! Also we are wet and cold now. Time for more coffee.

That's a pain for you but definitely resourceful. 🤕

I keep hoping for something cool too. Lots of car parts if we saved them we might be able to build......something 😂

Fenced pasture. Run down garage and pig shelter to the left. Pig feeder in foreground. Chicken and turkey tractors in background.

Fenced pasture. New red and chocolate barn in right background. Chicken and turkey tractor left background.

Here the pig pen! We don't have any farm equipment and our farm has previously been pretty neglected. So there's metal and stuff buried everywhere. So the plan is to let the pigs dig up the trash and go in and clean out once a week or so. The small area we did last year worked out great.

Lol, yep, that's the name theme they chose this year! So we have Creeper, Creaking, Blaze, Warden, Wither, Ender Dragon, and Herobrine. Young kids are the best. ❤️

About 4 hours away from home and I got the message that Fire Opal had her kid. It was just the one chunky buck kid. His name is Ender Dragon and Max is already in talks with management about keeping him. We usually only keep girls......

Yesterday was a beautiful clear sunrise in the Appalachians. Straight into storms. We made it home with Herobrine, whi has taken (realatively) well to the bottle.

Yesterday, we drove down to Eastern Tennesse to pick up this guy! He is so sweet and his name is Herobrine. Now we're on our way back home.

These cuties showed up Wednesday afternoon!! Wither(has the white star) and Warden. Both are doelings out of Tiger's Eye. These girls are 75% Guernsey. 🧡