A Jesusfreaks tales of farm life with soon to be Six kids

[Jesusfreak101]

I haven't set that up yet thats a job for tomorrow or later with dh after kids are in bed. Little girl is wanting attention today. I didn't get much of anything done. So more cleaning in-store i did start painting the goat house i got tired of the rusty tin look time for some lovely 3$ purple paint and possibly another color is i don't have enough. Lol I love buying paint when people mess up the color then i get to get a discount i take ugly paint and roll with it.

 

[Baymule]

I like discount paint too. Once I lucked out on a 5 gallon bucket of a pretty light pearl gray exterior semi gloss for $30, and I painted the inside of the house.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

This is why i love gruff with all my veggie plants right here he goes for the weeds lol. He had at one point eaten leafs from my green beans but after i corrected him he hasn't touched them again lol

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Okay so not the best job but i did some sewing today. One was just a hem on an old pair of pants to turn into shorts for the boys and was an old shirt i had that i never wore that became a dress for dd1 and I had a dress that straps broke and an old shirt i like that would work to make it a dress. So here some pictures made some mistakes i either fix later or just remember next time. I think I might change the sleeves to short sleeves i haven't decided yet.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Ya did Good!!....the important thing is it "works" and even professionals have room for improvement.... ....my mom made me clothes many times....and I would always wear them out....I felt like the Dolly Parton song "Coat of Many Colors"...I was "proud" to wear them.........in fact, she made a long sleeve shirt for me in the early to mid 90s that I wore when I'd dance at PowWows....I always wear Tshirt and bluejeans, basically....the day she was buried was in August and it was close to 100degs, but I wore that shirt that day to honor her....eventho I had her permission to wear aTshirt....
I tell ya this, so ya will know, they may be "flawed", but ya never know how much it means to the others....and it sure beats "made in china" being stamped on it....

 

[thistlebloom]

I love the creative use of shirts! Your blouse as daughters dress is super cute.

 

[Baymule]

Looks good to me!

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Ok before i accidently post this to the coffee thread too. Okay so panda my current doe whose in milk(consider that funny since techically she not swimming in milk but producing lol) isn't exactly were i want her to be. I am thinking that either she still has a worm load after being wormed or she just not getting enough iron or third option she might be almost to old to produce well enough for body and milk. She now seven years old and this is her 7th freshing. So i am think three things plan a change feed and give more minerals by mouth until she 2 month to kidding and then worm her severally with a stronger wormer, or plan b let her have this year off to get her back to prime health then either breed her then or leave her be plan C worm her come the 2 months prior to kidding and let her feed her kids only and have them for sale or butcher or Milkers. But all three do include changing feed and adding more minerals to her diet until i can worm her and not have to toss milk when i can't afford to.

 

[Bruce]

Seven freshenings in seven years? I don't raise goats but I think Panda deserves a break!

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Yeah that's pretty well average from what i know cause the first year thenbreef give.birth then get breed as soon as they come into season. And the first set gets weaned they get two months off and give birth. She came from a farm that milked to sale the milk. I milk just for us and give some extra to family or friends that ask for some. I don't really need three milking at a time either depending on how much her girls produce their first year. But if they follow their mother thats half gallon every morning for each. So a gallon a day in theory between two does which is more then enough for me to have milk in the fridge for the human kids to drink and make cheese butter and other dairy goodies. Once I get all my equipment together. It one reason i don't mind letting number have the year off next year. But that-does mean i be making her a seperate pen from the buck to prevent her from being bred. And another shelter mmm I need to get to work soon with August coming up.