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News from Up North

October 27th, 2013 · 1 Comment · News from Up North, rural life

Have you seen this goat? We spent more than four hours yesterday traveling to a breeder in Athens, NY, to purchase this purebred, seven-month-old Kiko buckling. He was to be the sire for our two females, Dolly and Tanner, and what we planned as a sideline in the goat meat business. He made it home […]

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October 20th, 2013 · 1 Comment · News from Up North, rural life

We’ve got eggs! Our Rhode Island Red laying hens have turned five months old and we recently found our first egg in one of the nesting boxes attached to our mobile coop. Since then, two more eggs were left in the same box, so we think it’s the same hen, although we have no idea […]

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October 13th, 2013 · No Comments · News from Up North, rural life

It’s time for apple picking and cider making and we spent the day with our friends Shannon and Jared who threw a cidering party on their farm outside Cambridge. It was a gorgeous fall day–sunny and warm, with hardly a cloud in the sky. About 50 souls were on hand to help pick the apples […]

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