Looking Forward - Workshops & Rewrites
Posted by Farm at June 30th, 2008
As the news tells us all how bleak the economy is, many people are looking at ways to take control of their own food supplies. Gardens are on the rise, and so are purchases of small sized livestock, including the Nigerian dwarf. In order to support those newcomers, we’re offering two opportunities.
On September 20, 2008 we’ll be offering a Beginning Goatkeeping workshop, aimed specifically at ND’s, but “big goat” folks can learn a lot too. I’ve also just updated the book, Personal Milkers, with Lulu.com so that it reflects NAIS and some additional medical information.
Meanwhile, we’re waiting on our last two does, Miracle and Cinnabar, to freshen. We’ve added our chicks to the place, some meat birds and more Buff Orpingtons, while we deal with our new neighbor. Last year I saw a wolf cross behind the horse pen, but we didn’t see it again until about a month ago. Then, during chores, there was a wolf cross, safe and sound, standing about 25 feet from Magi and Zeus. He leisurely took off, but within days our youngest Buff hen disappeared, and later that week, another one went missing.
A week later our son saw “the canine,” behind the house, within 20′ of our back door!
We are blessed to live next to a wildlife corridor, and usually are more than welcome to share our land with our wild neighbors. But this is a little different. There’s lots of room for all of us out here, but “the canine” needs to find a new place to hunt. So, we wait and hope that taking away some of his hiding places, downing trees for winter heat, will keep him far far away. He’s beautiful, especially from a distance.
