I just remembered I had a lonely farming blog. If anyone is still checking this thing, thanks! And here you go. Let’s just swing back into this…
Fast-forwarding an entire year, we have baby goats here once again. I’m still working at this farm in Texas, R&C Dairy, and even though it’s coming up on my second year it seems like I’m doing things again for the first time; so much to keep track of and remember. But some things come back easily, like discerning when the goats get that look in their eyes that tells you they’re about to kid, which is always good to know. Things went extra smoothly this year with all the kids, no complaints and only a few long nights :)
On the side of things, the gardening is going spectacularly well. We’ve stepped up what we put in last year, not necessarily in quantity (although 11,000 instead of 8,000 strawberries for the u-pick this year!), bu I suppose in the knowledge we have and the lessons we learned, utilizing technologies like irrigation, plastic mulch, and different equipment. Also composted manure, that seems to be a big hit. In addition to the strawberries we’ll be growing tomatoes, watermelons, cantaloupes, okra, black-eyed peas, peppers, lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, carrots… there’s a bunch more. It’s been a particularly dry winter and spring, which is a far cry from last year and not as good for the garden. It just means we have to get a head start on all the irrigation that will need to happen during the Texas summer (which I cannot wait for and will soak up as much of it as I can, since it will be my last one for a while).
I’ll try and be more frequent here, my phone had broken and I was without pictures, and what’s the point of a farming blog without pictures, really. But we’re back in business now.
Danny
