Planting notes
The air is rich with the scent of fresh plants and Sweet pea flowers blooming like mad. They will take over a space so be warned! I do recommend them near a sunny spot at your house so a light breeze will carry their fragrance to you. Pulled some weeds in that area then inspected the sunflowers-not doing so great I'm afraid. Transplanting doesn't work for them :(
I hear someone just laid an egg...I think its Delilah.
Yesterday besides getting another bale of straw for the yard & the chicken boxes I purchased some marigolds, two blackberry vines (one thornless, one regular thorned), and chives (for the apple tree). The blackberries I found by luck as I figured most of them were already sold. These however should be ready by say late june early july. The thorned BB has pretty big white flowers but the thornless has these soft pink ones which really attracted my attention. If they still have them when payday comes around I will have to get another set.
Still reading up on nigerian dwarfs especially registered ones with larger udders. I will have to get a book on fiber goats but since I have my eye on Pygoras (because unlike other fiber breeds which lose their softness after 3 or 4 yrs of age), Pygoras stay soft for their entire lives. It is trying to chose which one to work with but I am thinking a Pygora with type A is best for a beginner. Not so much need to remove a lot of guard hairs (makes you itch with animal hair). I can always trying a type B or type C as a second animal. I've also kind of changed my mind about leaving out the milker. I ask around at the few NDG barns if they have proven milkers they want to sell. Benefits of a Pygora can't be left out as I'm getting a wether BUT can't have one and right now I don't need more than one fiber goat.
We are a long way from that of course as the fencing has to be built, shead repaired or replaced, fruit trees trimmed and a play space mapped out. Sigh. So much to do and only me to do it. :p
I hear someone just laid an egg...I think its Delilah.
Yesterday besides getting another bale of straw for the yard & the chicken boxes I purchased some marigolds, two blackberry vines (one thornless, one regular thorned), and chives (for the apple tree). The blackberries I found by luck as I figured most of them were already sold. These however should be ready by say late june early july. The thorned BB has pretty big white flowers but the thornless has these soft pink ones which really attracted my attention. If they still have them when payday comes around I will have to get another set.
Still reading up on nigerian dwarfs especially registered ones with larger udders. I will have to get a book on fiber goats but since I have my eye on Pygoras (because unlike other fiber breeds which lose their softness after 3 or 4 yrs of age), Pygoras stay soft for their entire lives. It is trying to chose which one to work with but I am thinking a Pygora with type A is best for a beginner. Not so much need to remove a lot of guard hairs (makes you itch with animal hair). I can always trying a type B or type C as a second animal. I've also kind of changed my mind about leaving out the milker. I ask around at the few NDG barns if they have proven milkers they want to sell. Benefits of a Pygora can't be left out as I'm getting a wether BUT can't have one and right now I don't need more than one fiber goat.
We are a long way from that of course as the fencing has to be built, shead repaired or replaced, fruit trees trimmed and a play space mapped out. Sigh. So much to do and only me to do it. :p