Did you ever try to take pictures of goats while they are moving? It's not very easy but here are some updated pictures of some of the ones available. First two are Licorice.
Buttercup at left - she looks so serious
Finally is Vanilla - she was the most camera shy. I suppose goats are kind of like humans - some are hams for the camera and some, like Vanilla, are not.
Wow, where is the summer going? After having no green beans last year, we've canned about 75 qts this year. The corn & potatoes look promising. Cucumbers have been good eating. Hopefully we'll get some tomatoes too. The first round of meat chickens are in the freezer and second batch are fattening up in their pen.
The new layers began laying way earlier than I had anticipated so we have those cute little first eggs alongside the bigger established layer eggs.
Raspberries did well also but not quite as good as last year b/c of the dry spell. The elderberries are ripening and some of the family is hoping for more elderberry syrup. Last year I had attempted elderberry jelly that never set, thus becoming elderberry syrup. It was great to fall back on when the maple syrup ran out. We have used the last jar though, so are awaiting the ripening of this years.
School has begun once again but in fits and starts. I love the flexibility in homeschooling b/c school isn't just something you do between 8:30 and 2:45 but a way of life. Here is the latest find - Spotty the turtle. The girls kept him a few days then released him.
Well thought we'd update our avid readers :-) on a little of what has been happening in our neck of the woods. - update by Mom for Luke who is busy straining the milk. He did take the goat pictures though.
