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I should not have typed those words... karma heard me - #813 had twins this morning. Colostum is thawing.

Bottle baby?

Also call your local electric and telephone companies (assuming lines in your area are above ground) they have to clear under them, around here the bucket truck is followed by a chipper trailer. May depend on a wait list, or they might need a place to dump them in your area.

...are no side jobs for the health insurance, no craft shows for extra cash. This farm has been 100% grass fed since 1983. We are in an area where *many* people raise beef – and most of them know the latest buzz-words. Because many of them also sell beef to other people, and grass fed is a...

Pictures, please!

One year is not beef - it's veal. Even grain-fed beef with hormone implants takes a *minimum* of fifteen months, usually it's harvested at eighteen. How long it takes to finish a grass-fed steer depends on genetics and quality/quantity of feed. Two years is common for harvest - but many people...

You can raise beef and dairy cattle together - they don't know they're different, lol. And, you can do 100% grass fed in NY; I know someone who does. You don't have to be able to graze year-round, just be able to provide enough good hay during the winter and any possible droughts. (I'm in WV...

...that you get when you separate out one who was raised in the herd. The two we kept function well in the herd, they're just spoiled & pushy with *me*. I haven't heard of Jerseys getting mean, but I only know three personally. The local organic dairy uses them exclusively, and his (536) seem...

Cows are herd animals and prefer to be in groups. That being said, I have known many people who kept a single milk cow, but they each raised it (alone) from a calf. In that circumstance, calves often willingly adopt sheep, goats or llamas as their herd - or humans, but that tends to be a...

Hers aren't multicolored like yours - they're all a pretty uniform pale yellow. I acknowledge that yours are cute, lol

...they're hardy as well. They don't seem to be as cute, but that's probably a good thing. They also don't seem to be as... fertile? She seems to have one or two lambs a year from three ewes, whereas the people I know with wool breeds tend to have a *lot* of multiple births - and a lot of...

Just... feel compelled to share a couple of things... One of my best friends raises Alpines (dairy goats). For years, she also raised sheep - I forget which breed. Things I've learned from her Alpines: 1) does are adorable. 2) bucks REEK 3) raising goats means you have to have a buck around -...

You have at least two different types of plants there... (not counting the one on the far left) What kind of flower bulbs did you plant? While bulbs will not 'cross' without flowering, some (notably garlic in this case) will also reproduce via 'bulbils' from the basal plate. They're tiny and...

You'll need a LOT more root space for pumpkins & squashes - at least four inch pots. If you put them in something like jiffy pellets, by the time they are 'up' they will have roots growing into their neighbor's pellet...

I'd line the entire thing with plastic - esp.if you don't know what the wood may have been treated with. If the box is poplar or pine (as many pallet forms are) it will rot pretty quickly from the moisture. Alternately, you could seal the wood with melted beeswax to waterproof it & reduce the...

Mint here is limited to Catnip - got that in spades and a drunkard tomcat that spreads it. I harvested over 40# (fresh weight) of it last year. This year, I invested in a distillation set-up, because... well, catnip essential oil is about $65 an ounce. Much more profitable than dried catnip...

As I said, it's about 25% of the vegetation, so it *could* be worse! I do try to avoid mowing on hot, dry days - it's not as pungent when it's cool, so I always plan to jump on the mower as soon as the dew has evaporated, but usually end up going out at dusk instead - stronger but at least...

When the time comes that you decide to grow oregano - and it *will* come, if you aren't already.... be very, very careful with it. NEVER let it flower, or it will take over your world. While you'll think there are no mature seeds because the head is still blooming - there are. It's obviously...

Try Johnny's Seeds. They do have an online store, too. Employee owned, *excellent* service, fast delivery and a large variety of heirloom & organic. Nope, I don't work for them or know anyone who does - but I do buy a lot of seed!

...and a cattle panel. Heavy to pull, but no coyote is getting in there! Also recycled some old hay feeder rings (2/3 of each one, turned up on sides) into a mini high tunnel - with greenhouse plastic and shadecloth covering, pallets on floor, makes a *great* place to grow out the garden plants!