Prepared for Kidding

As you can see by the size of Jill, we're getting close to her due date of February 14. 

We're ready . . . .

Animal Spotlight-Nigerian Dwarf Goat

Meet Ziggy, he is our purebred Nigerian Dwarf buck.  His registered name  is 'Holly Ridge Caspia', although we affectionately call him 'Zig'.

Retirement? Nah . . . Second Career

I wanted to be a nurse since I first cared for my wish-niks (trolls) as a 5 year old.  That dream became a reality when I started "nurses training" in 1976 at Sewickley Valley Hospital School of Nursing.  And what a wonderful journey it has been!  I can think of no other career where you can interact with people from so many different walks of life and have such a variety of choices in roles and work settings.  

But now, after 40 years in healthcare, I have decided to pursue other interests on my "bucket list".

Green Pastures Blog 2.0

So, where have we been?  It's been 2 years since the last update on the Green Pastures Farm blog! A lot has gone on . . . maybe that's why there has been no posts???? Or maybe the blogger just took a respite . . . more the case. . .

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The Menagerie

Of course you know Duke . . .

New Barn and Outdoors

So my last post 3 months ago was the old barn coming down and the framing of the new barn going up.  So here is the completion . . .

Barn Raising

There is so much to catch up on the doings at Green Pastures Farm . . . goats, eggs, landscaping, gardening . . .  but that will just have to come in bits and pieces, here and there.  Pete tells me the brothers want to see pictures of the barn progress, so that will be the subject of this post.

A barn raising describes a collective action of a community in which a barn is built or rebuilt.
Well, that's what we've been doing . . .

A large amount of preparation is done before the  barn raising. Lumber and hardware are laid in (check), plans are made (check), tradesmen are hired (check) and ground is cleared . . .