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| Dorian finds a new friend |
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| so we took him home |
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| Had a party with him |
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| Invited all our friends |
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| and The Gaskins and the Mathews each got 155 lbs of meat!!! |
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| Valentine Baskets |
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| PS the pig was so good! |
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| Rachel and Dorian crocheting |
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| some bacon from our wonderful pig friend:) |
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| Ducks on Ice...Disney should cower with fear! |
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| Lard rendered down from our piggy |
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| Precious and OMalley's wedding day |
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| Jonathon and Rachel wrestle the juniper monster |
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| Cherry Pie! |
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| A yummy dinner with the family and wwoofers |
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| Defeating the juniper monster |
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| a fire pit with hot dogs and smores |
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| We learned how to make home made tortillas |
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| Smokin the bacon |
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| We didn't have any babies yet so we went to Liza's farm for some goat baby love. |
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| Jonathan was very loved |
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| Our first tiny baby, Maximus |
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| Isaac soothing our beautiful Hera, his goat |
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| And the second baby of the year is born, Jada |
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| Me holding Jada at midnight |
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| Everybody likes a good scratch, especially when you are pregnant |
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| It took this beast to finally finish off the Juniper monster |
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| One of 7 loads of roots, now on to planting the blueberry bushes |
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| And Athena has Floppy |
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| Floppy and Aphrodite |
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| Beef stew? Yes, please! |
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| Nev, Dorian's bunny had two sweet little babies |
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| There were Hunger Games in the woods behind our house |
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| And WWOOFstock. We had professional pictures made. That's what I wear for professional pics, LOL! |
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| Sweet baby girl |
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| Isaac with Little the Indian Runner duck |
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| Floppy quickly became our favorite, his mom rejected him for his strangely floppy ears so we had to bottle feed him. He would sound the battle cry, "Bring me my rubber ninny!!!" Quite a character he became. |
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| Buddy loves his goat girls |
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| And Floppy loved me |
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| I love my Saanan herd, they are my girlfriends |
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| Here is queen of her double wide barn |
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| Loving on a little one |
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| Goat Love, it's amazing |
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| The daily eggs |
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| The Floppster and me |
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| Chickens enjoying a cucumber snack |
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| More of moving the hog around |
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| ducks can be most useful |
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| I think I can! |
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| Working the land |
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| Pretty maids all in a row |
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| Since the 44 year old tiller broke, we had to till the land ourselves. The ducks pitched in to help |
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| Steve workin it |
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| What do you do with 80 lbs of free onions? You chop them up of course! |
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| and Steve made waffles |
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| Breakfast was magical |
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| And lunch included new friends |
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| Floppy took over the party |
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| The herd got bigger |
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| Floppy had many women to feed him |
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| Isaac and Dorian got another year older |
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| Horseplay ensued! |
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| And the building of the wwoofer cottage was in full swing |
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| Lynn took time out to pose for Miss January of the Thankful Goat pin up calendar |
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| Hold those boards on and someone get a hammer! |
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| A hard days work |
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| Now the wwoofers won't have to all sleep on the same couch, they can use the new cottage |
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| But the shower is another story. LOL! Joking. We have put in for a wwoof grant so we can get an outdoor bathroom built for the 2013 season. |
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| Then it was Rosemary's turn. That's Rhea making her appearance with a little hoof. |
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| Dorian, age 11, birthing his goat Rosemary's baby. |
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| And cleaning her off |
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| Pretty baby |
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| Coldest day of the year. Waiting for the second baby that never came:( |
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| Jonathon sampling product at Lady Fair |
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| Jonathon and Marilyn selling goaty goodness |
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| Marilyn with the girls |
Well we killed a hog and that was quite a fun time. Gave us a little taste of what it must have been like during Little House on the Prairie times. We had some great friends that came over and helped and we split it with another family. We each ended up putting away 155 lbs of meat for the year. WWOOFstock was a smashing success and we can't wait to do it again next spring. Every wwoofer that wanted to got to come back and see baby goats birthed. A couple goats went a little soon though, and even though they spoiled our birthing experience, they didn't spoil the fun! We had 10 people to help us put in the garden over the weekend and once again I am most humbled at the wonderful volunteers that come here. Kudos to everyone for making WWOOFstock such a success.
