The rest of the 2021 went by at a much slower pace, following the head injury. We worked on the buck barn, slowly but surely. It did finally get finished by fall 2021. May turned to June, and June into July. Things weren’t moving all that fast in our lives as far as building projects, … Continue reading Breakdowns and Breakthroughs
Author: Kimi
Barbie’s Nightmare House
So Mother’s Day 2021 came and went. The events of the head injury were over, but the aftermath was yet to be healed. (You can read all about that in my post titled Head Injuries and Clear Margins.) The April hatch chicks I ordered had already arrived weeks prior, and now they were finally ready … Continue reading Barbie’s Nightmare House
Kidding Season 2022
It’s been a minute since I’ve written anything, and that’s because we’ve got goat kids on our farm! Kidding season hit us with an impromptu I-didn’t-know-my-goat-was-pregnant flash-bang, and off we went! I went out to the barn to do evening farm chores on February 8, 2020, and I couldn’t find my goat. “My goat has … Continue reading Kidding Season 2022
Head Injuries and Clear Margins
In the spring of 2021, our three baby goats were turning into goat kids, and our adult dairy goat mama was in the full swing of our farm routine. So what was the next thing on my agenda? Well, new baby chicks, of course. I went to one of my favorite, trusted hatcheries, and I … Continue reading Head Injuries and Clear Margins
Broken, Damaged, Unfixable Things
By the spring of 2021, we had installed new flooring upstairs, fixed leaky toilets, cleaned and painted a shower, covered nearly every wall in Agreeable Grey, white washed the fireplace brick, installed new lighting fixtures in the two upstairs bathrooms, and hung wall decor. Just to name a few. We had done a lot of … Continue reading Broken, Damaged, Unfixable Things
Soap Making 101 and Coexisting Antonyms
When I first began this dairy goat operation, I knew I wanted to get into soap making. I’ve always been both fascinated and impressed with the idea of soap. I had wanted to get into it for years, but I just didn’t know where to begin. Well, step number one was buying a dairy goat. … Continue reading Soap Making 101 and Coexisting Antonyms
A Little Goat We Called T-Shirt
Last night I couldn’t sleep. I kept thinking about things and couldn’t quiet my mind. Does that ever happen to you? You just lie there, thinking about all the things you’ve done wrong, the apologies you’ve left unsaid, the moments you could go back to and change so you’d have a different outcome. Wondering why … Continue reading A Little Goat We Called T-Shirt
“Her Name was ‘Lola.’ She was a Show Goat.“
In my last post, I gave some advice on buying goats. All the research I spoke about, I did. I knew I wanted large breed dairy goats - Nubians, specifically - and I found my breeder. She taught me most of what I know, and since learning from her, I have stumbled across other sources … Continue reading “Her Name was ‘Lola.’ She was a Show Goat.“
Goats 101
I knew when I wanted to buy goats and create a sustainable life, I’d need to learn some things before I just jumped in. For anyone who thought I threw myself wholeheartedly into goats, they’d be right. But whoever thought I did it without forethought - well - they’d be wrong. That’s not to say … Continue reading Goats 101
Is it Worth It?
I don’t really do anything half way. When I decide on something, I commit myself to putting a lot of research into it. Anything worth doing is worth doing to the best of your ability, I believe. That’s not to say that mistakes don’t happen, because they do. In farming, you will always learn a … Continue reading Is it Worth It?
Blessed Roots Farmstead 