Clothesline

Hubby put up a clothesline for me this weekend. Scratch another project off the ever growing list lol. But I'm thrilled to have it. It will save on energy costs. Both in keeping the house cool and running the dryer. We are making good forward progress. 

Garden love

I am loving our garden.  I've killed alot of it :) but I've had some success too.  I'm thrilled with our zucchini plant that is doing well.  I've learned I can plant more so I will be doing that tonight when I go out.  I already cleaned out the bed that was killed by grasshoppers.  The picture with this post is my zucchini.  I joined a facebook group for Texas small farms and homesteads and I have learned a bunch.  So glad I looked around.  The cucumber seems to be trying to start producing so I look forward to that.  Oh and the pumpkin patch has taken off.  So yeah I won't get enough to can this year but I am hopeful that in years to come my little garden will provide nummy food for the family.  For now we will enjoy fresh zucchini bread a couple times a week.

Moving forward, Turkeys!

We got so much rain in the month of May our pastures are amazing.  The goats and chickens are doing great.  We have come to the conclusion that the goats and chickens need separate eating areas.  And that is ok.  We are learning and growing out little farm and we are going to make mistakes and need course corrections.  That is part of the fun of having our own farm is making our own mistakes.  No one is perfect their first go round.  I have to say I wasn't expecting to enjoy the turkeys as much as I do.  They are so friendly and silly.  I hope next year to get a breeding pair to have around all year instead of just until the holidays :).  The kids have named the white turkey Pancake.  Very fitting IMO.  So we are going to build another pasture for the goats and move them out of the chicken area and remove the fencing from the chickens.  They will have free range of the whole yard instead of just the enclosed area that we have initially given them.  I think it will prove to be better in the long run.  However, things are always bound to change.

New farm animals

For mother's day and my birthday this year the hubby bought me some meat goats to get our little farm going.  We hope to grow the herd and sell the babies we don't want to keep.  These are little pygmy goats.  Well and speckles is in the background photo bombing :).  New meat goats for the farm. Gracie, Gigi and George. So excited for our little farm to grow.