Spring is in the air here at the Flying T. Our resident Boer Goats, Jessie and Gracie, are off at another farm for a month or so in the hopes that they make very close friends with the buck there. That would bring us kids in September. In their place, we welcomed two more 4-month-old [...]
Posts Tagged ‘goats’
1 Mar
In Like a Lion…
It’s been pretty crazy-busy here at the Flying T (and at our other activities, including the professions that support them), and looking back I can see it’s been nearly three weeks since our last post. It’s not that we didn’t have anything about which to write – we actually have a ton of material, especially [...]
14 Dec
The Flying T Spa
Upon reflection, and after unloading and stacking ~240 bales this afternoon with the assistance of my oldest daughter and Kevin from 3D Farm Products, I have come to the realization that there are few things more redundant than owning both a farm and a gym membership. That got me thinking more. People are shelling out [...]
4 Dec
Night Pics
My daughter and I snuck in after bedtime to take some pics of the barn at night. What’s your favorite thing about being outdoors at night? Any great memories?
18 Oct
Poison in the Pasture – Pin Cherry
Both Wild Black Cherry and Pin Cherry trees are members of the rose family commonly found in Southern New Hampshire. Pin Cherry is a common first-generation species after logging or forest fires create an opening (thus its alternate name, Fire Cherry) and is one of my chief concerns on our property. We’ve cut several [...]
11 Oct
Organic?
When we first started dreaming about our farm, “organic” was high in our priorities. This flows out of our family mission, to glorify God in all ways, and to live that out on our farm by raising, managing, and using His creation in a healthy, sustainable, humane, and respectful manner. Since we planned to produce [...]
26 Sep
Legumes and Grasses and Weeds, Oh My!
One of the fringe benefits of my new job is the ability to take courses at UNH. At first, I considered working towards another Masters, or even a PhD. I started looking through the catalog at the course titles, but “Fun with Complex and Imaginary Numbers,” “Astrophysics For English Majors,” and “Advanced Intermediate Navel-Gazing” just [...]
16 Sep
Why Boer Goats?
The most recent additions to our farm were our Boer Goats, Gracie and Jessie. They are both full-blood Boer doelings, and our hope is to use them as the foundation of our herd. Boers are relatively new to the US (introduced in the mid-90s), and meat goats in general aren’t nearly as common in New [...]
14 Sep
NATO Peacekeeping, Family Harmony, and Automatic Chicken Doors
I spent 10 years in NATO assignments, so I’m pretty acquainted with the challenges of trying to accommodate seemingly incompatible desires. Hey, if I could somehow deal diplomatically with both sides of the Aegean Sea dispute between Turkey and Greece, I should be able to figure out a farm, right? Right. OK, we’re not talking [...]
12 Sep
Repurposing Wooden Pallets
I’ve found a reliable source for used wooden pallets (as well as heavy-duty plastic ones from time-to-time). There’s always a use for them – whether it’s stacking firewood, scavenging the wood for another project, or using them intact (or mostly so) for one thing or another. Here are my latest two pallet-projects: The muscovy [...]
A Joyful Birth
