I got some Sage harvested this morning and it is now in the dehydrator. We order a new spice grinder and it should be here in the next few days. Can't wait to try it out.

So what do you do when it's a holiday weekend, you want to go camping and you can't leave the farm? You pitch the tent in the yard! We have our rendezvous canvas tent set up and slept in it last night. It brings back a lot of memories and makes me miss a lot of old friends though.
Todays agenda will bring whatever we feel like doing. If we want to work we will, if we want to set around and be lazy we will:)
Enjoy the weekend and please don't forget why we are having a Holiday weekend in the first place.

Where o where can it be??

Do you ever wonder where something goes when you can't find it? Is there a black hole in this house? Do elves take it? Does the item grow legs and walk off to start a new life?

I've been stressing out for two days trying to find my battery charger for my camera. I've searched high and low, literally, crawling around and looking under furniture with a flash light. Nothing. I try to be organized, especially with important things like chargers. Guess that means I failed miserably.

I suppose I'll give up for now. Some day soon, I hope, I will be looking for something else (that I didn't put up right) and I will find the charger. For now, sorry, but no new pictures of the garden and critters, cause the camera is completely dead:(

We brought home a new little doe yesterday. She is about 2-3 months old and was a bottle baby, so she's very friendly already. Her name is Zeeva.

Hopefully getting our new milk goat tomorrow. She's already a milker, so no fighting her on the stanchion. That will be a huge blessing:) I'm actually getting excited about her.

We are selling all of our Nigerian Dwarf goats. We are realizing how much we miss our "big breeds" and really want to get some of those breeds back here to the farm.
We recently brought home our twin Toggenburg doelings and will be going this weekend to bring home a milking Alpine. I can't wait to get started milking her. We are also realizing how much we can really use the fresh milk. Cheese, soap, lotions, etc along with feeding it to the other critters. We're going to need a lot of milk:)

Cadence met the baby goats for the first time.

Another day changed for me....I should know not to actually make a plan on what I will do for the day as it changes before I can get things even started. 

We lost a doe (Californian rabbit) today. She had problems giving birth. She has a nest full of 7 healthy little fat babies but she didn't make it. We had a Creme d'Argent have a litter of 6 this morning so I have fostered 3 to her. We have a Rex doe due today so hoping she can foster the remaining Cal litter with her own. 

Good thing is, the Cal babies look like they were fed by the momma before she died, so that will give us time to wait for the Rex.

Fingers crossed.

The bunnies are getting big, the garden is growing nicely, the goats have full bellies and everyone is happy....can't ask for more than that:)

There's nothing quite like being covered in baby goat slobbers, milk, rabbit and goat fur...and sweat......I soooo need a shower:) Love it though!

We've had a nice, busy weekend here. Yesterday, we went to pick up our new addition to the barnyard, Sadie. She's a Toggenburg goat. We bought a few plants and came home and got them all planted and played with Sadie...instantly falling in love with her:) So, I called the lady we got her from, and today went to get her twin Sister, Maddie. Two additions to the barnyard. Goats...you can't have just one, lol.

Watermelon, spaghetti squash, straight neck squash and sugar pumpkins are in. We're planning to try to get the green beans and soldier beans in the ground in the next few days.

We got more of the garden planted tonight. So far, we've got tomatoes, radishes, spinach, potatoes, kale and lettuce growing. We now have the cucumbers, zucchini, cabbage and banana peppers planted. Still have several plants to get in the ground, hopefully tomorrow.

This past week will go down in Changing Winds Farm & Rabbitry's history book. We have had a baby explosion. Since last Tuesday, we have had a record amount of baby rabbits born all in one week. Live count as of this morning is 58! Add to that the one baby goat...that makes a LOT of babies:)
I LOVE FARM LIFE!!

PS......That is not counting the older 15 bunnies, of various ages still with their mothers:)

Today is the day. Eight does are due today. So far, nothing, but we have all day. A lot of first time mothers so I will be checking on them throughout the day. Let's get this day going!