“When do we mow the front yard?” my wife asked. “When it gets long enough,” I replied. I wasn’t trying to crack wise. But we’re not about a perfectly manicured lawn here on the farm. But then it occurred to me: Why mow when we have all these animals that love to eat grass? In […]
The boy goat–Tigger–wants to be king of the hill and lord over our sheep. I drop a bale of hay in the paddock, Tigger jumps right on top and dares the sheep to try and eat. If the sheep do draw close, he puts his head down and shoos them away. The sheep are left […]
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No, we’re not giving away our boy goat. But he has been liberated to roam the confines of our main paddock and hang with our six Friesian sheep and Jersey heifer. It’s been almost five months since we first purchased the goat buckling and what an adventure it’s been. Not five minutes after we brought […]
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