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Craigslist Goat Scam

December 3rd, 2015 · 3 Comments · Blog, farming

I recently advertised some of our young goats for sale on Craigslist here in Upstate New York. Call me crazy, but it never occurred to me that trying to sell a $150 goat would expose me to internet fraud. I must have gotten a couple of the email responses confused because one of them apologized […]

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Still Grazing

December 1st, 2015 · No Comments · farming

Every day our livestock continue to graze the pastures is another day we don’t have to pay for hay. So I say, graze on. The sheep have been hanging out near the main paddock lately so I left the gates open and they wandered right in to get at the pasture adjacent. Heck, while we’re […]

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Fresh Butter

November 28th, 2015 · No Comments · farming

Here’s something we’re thankful for on this holiday weekend: the butter we get from our Jersey cow, Emily. I’m still a novice when it comes to milking and making dairy products, so I can’t explain the mechanics behind the evolution of Emily’s milk. It was pretty thin when we first started milking her in the […]

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