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get yer baby goats right here!

Posted on May 28, 2008 - Filed Under goats, honeymilk farm | 1 Comment

Liam and Mike, one month old today. Aren’t they cute????

Sophie plays with them every morning while I take care of the grown up goats. They ADORE her.

You can’t see it very well from this side, but this is a cool rock bench Paul made. The goats do these amazing, spring-loaded careening leaps [...]

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images of the morning

Posted on May 7, 2008 - Filed Under goats, honeymilk farm | Leave a Comment

The blackberries are blooming, and the wild roses. The smell is heavenly.
Wild roses growing along the driveway…

And here are some blackberry blooms in the gigantic blackberry patch near the pond.
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We really need to manage that blackberry patch a bit more–it is an impenetrable tangle of brambles and old canes. But we still get [...]

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flying kids

Posted on May 3, 2008 - Filed Under goats, honeymilk farm | 3 Comments

If you look closely, you’ll see that none of the three of the kids in this picture are touching the ground.

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goat babies!

Posted on May 1, 2008 - Filed Under goats, honeymilk farm | 2 Comments

Fancy had her babies last night, two boys. Sophie has named the blacker one Mike. It was all very exciting, a middle of the night waking. Fancy did great, and kidded with no problems. Unfortunately, however, she seems to have no clue what this whole thing is about. She’s ignoring [...]

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