Roll Farms - Herdstock is over, and I'm feeling hung over, lol

[Pearce Pastures]

Hope you have a better day today I am still learning about goat practices so forgive me here, but why were you painting a goat (or did I read that wrong).

 

[Roll farms]

When I shaved her the other day, the guard kept flying off the stupid clippers and giving her bald patches. So I bought some 'show touch up' paint to 'patch' her with....which made her look blotchy...so then I sprayed her all over. Now it's all wiping off...on everything.

 

[Roll farms]

Whew, what a day. I went to a Master Gardener's plant swap this morning...got some yellow cannas....then did the milking demo....now waiting on someone coming to get 2 kids disbudded. Been a plantin' fool in between. Hopefully will get pics up sometime SOON.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Whew, what a day. I went to a Master Gardener's plant swap this morning...got some yellow cannas....then did the milking demo....now waiting on someone coming to get 2 kids disbudded. Been a plantin' fool in between. Hopefully will get pics up sometime SOON.

Sounds awesome.

Yellow Cannas, so is that a dominant color. I know with Gladiolus, if you have yellos in the mix, over time, all of the bulbs will end up being yellow. Does that happen with Canna?

How did the Milking Demo go?

Can not wait to see pcitures.

 

[Roll farms]

Here's a link to pics from the demo. I'm wearing the green t shirt, DH is in the sleeveless shirt / bibs. Yes, he looks like a redneck....

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150893082185100.468006.746550099&type=1

I went out this evening to take some pics and I got these before I DROPPED AND BROKE MY CAMERA.

It won't autofocus...or any focus....at all now.

Anyhow.....

This is a basket DH 'designed' when we went to the Amish greenhouse....he picked the 'mix' of what went in it.

Bougainvillia blooms

A bloom on my 'false mallow' / hollyhock

Clematis

And....this bed has been calling my name ALL weekend...but no time to get to it yet. It's where I plant my 'memory garden' for my mom. She loved Zinnias and other annuals so I always put them here for her. Fresh, newly turned dirt just gets me all excited.

We did the 2 demos this weekend, disbudded for customers, had company, and I got the watermelons, pumpkins, cukes, cantaloupe, and gourds planted.
It's supposed to rain tomorrow (hoping it does and waters in all the new stuff I planted) and I'll get some 'inside' stuff done after I run for chick feed.

The weak baby bunny died last night, but the other 5 are still going strong.

Taking the girls to 1x a day milking now....will probably leave 2 in milk for Herdstock but going to gradually dry off the other 7.

Hope everyone had a great weekend.

 

[daisychick]

Sorry you broke your camera. love the dh designed basket

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Sorry about your camera.

Nice pics from the demo and beautiful flowers.

 

[redtailgal]

sorry bout your camera.

Not many things cuter than a redneck man in bibs and hugging a goat!

 

[RPC]

Wow you sure did have a busy weekend. I am glad all is still well with you guys. Sorry about the camera I hate when I drop mine and it can't be too much longer till it finally breaks.

 

[Roll farms]

Today I finished planting the pumpkins, watermelon, cantaloupe, and gourds in that long bed above the pond. Apparently I started my pumpkins and gourds wayyyy too early, I have blooms on them already. Never occurred to me you don't really need to start them in a greenhouse for early crops like 'maters and peppers....

I should have a bumper crop of pumpkins and gourds by July....I planted about 15 plants....Or thought I did.....came back, put the gator up, and found one last gourd plant I missed....grrrr. Wanted it all to get rained in real good last night since it's sorta hard to drag the hose 1/4 mi. away.

Got my MIL's Mother's Day planters / hanging baskets planted. Ran for chick starter and got gas in my jeep. (Regular gas, not the goat kind).

Last night DH rigged up this nifty pully system to hang my gorgeous Fuschia by that he got me for Mom's day...so that it's hanging, out of the wind, and can be easily lowered to water....and I can't post a pic of it.

Up at 3am today for work, then I have to run home and do chores, then run back in to town to see the eye dr....I don't want any more repeats of the broken glasses incident.

Have a great day.