LightHouseAcres
Trying to downsize
06:36, 2.21.2006
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We have made the hard decision to let go of our big animals and bring
in small animals. Our big animals include 2 belgian mares (who are up
for sale), 1 beef cow (who is going to our freezer-yummmm) and probably
our milk cow. As soon as we get the testing back from her she will be
going up for sale. Right now her production is 32lbs of milk a day
(about 3+gals). She is a good cow but we really need to downsize.
Once these animals are not here we will only have the boys belgian
mare, well we thought. We were offered a baby belgian. She is about
6 months old. She isn't growing fast enough so her ownered offered to
give us her for free. We will be getting her this Friday. At least
for now she isn't eating much :) We are now looking into Boer goats. We have found a buck for our girls. We just need to find our girls :) We have been doing some surfing on the net and have found a couple places close that have some for sale. We will get these goats as soon as our horses and cows are gone.
I'm starting to plan out our garden. Not sure if I will be using both gardens this year or not. I think I will be as we want to grow as much as we can. Our goal is to be able to can and have enough to sell. Last year we had a problem with some bugs. This year we are hoping to combat that with DE. I've heard good things about DE and praying it will work. I have tried starting plants inside for the past 2 years with no success. I get them about 3-4 inches high and then they die. I'm hoping to work on my green thumb this year. My dh is also in the planning stages of building a green house on the south side of our barn. All we will need to buy is some wood. We will have some windows to put in our green house. They were left here from the previous owner.
Our calves are getting big so fast! We have weaned them both from their momma's. One calf is drinking from the bottle the other one is drinking from the bucket. We are not sure if we will be keeping them or not. The pure jersey calf will be sold to a friend that has expressed interest. The angus/jersey calf we are not sure what we will do with her. It would be interesting to see how she turns out as a momma. Wondering if she will have a big udder like a jersey? She has the bone structure of a angus but the coloring of a jersey.
Blessings to you!
Michele
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