Winter is Here!!!
We woke up to 6 inches of snow today! It was down to 13 degrees last night, and tonight it is already down to 11 degrees, and it’s only 9:23pm. So I think it will be in the single digits by morning. I put out straw and extra hay for everyone. I hope the 3 baby turkeys survive. They are staying under the mama turkey most of the time. She has a little space for them to move around in, in a hollowed out spot in the middle garden. That is actually making a fine turkey nursery, not much can get in there, so they are pretty safe.
I still haven’t made up my mind entirely on which goats to sell, so I haven’t got the pictures up yet. I’ll be making a “goats for sale” page on the website this coming week.
A friend of mine who moved up to Alaska last year, but left her goats down here till she found a place to live, came back this week to get them, but ended up having to have her gall bladder removed and was in the hospital for the week. She missed the ship that was going to take them up to Alaska, and now she has run out of time. So she is going to either sell them or find someone to board them for the winter.
So if you know of anyone between Montana and the West Coast of Washington who has room for about 25 goats, counting kids, and wants to take care of them for the winter, please let me know soon. I’m taking her buck and a wether, so the rest are does and kids. It’s a nice herd, good conformation and good fiber.
This snow and cold has put a stop to the outside projects for a while. It is supposed to warm up and melt by next Tuesday, so I hope that happens. I’m not ready for winter quite yet!!!
I was going to do the Farmers’ Market tomorrow, but it will be way too cold! I don’t think there will be anyone there, either vendor or public. So I will wait till the indoor one on the 24th at the Fairgrounds in the Expo building. That will be the last one for this year. I’ll have a pretty good selection of yarns there, plus some some crocheted things and the goat milk soap, as always.
Well, that’s it for now. Going to try and stay warm and hope the critters do too….
