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Tasty Acres Homestead (From 2020 jump to 2023)
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Papa is coming home tomorrow
Papa is coming home tomorrow
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With everything going on I thought I would do a big update on what we plan on doing
.
With snow on the ground, we have not been able to clear the property. My wonderful Papa and Nana are okay with us staying on their property till next spring, then we will start building the house/shop. We got the house/shop shipped in and picked up 2 weeks ago
. When we went to go pick it up, the people that loaded it up with a forklift did not know how to load the thing up right. (Dad drove a forklift for 11 years, he a really good at driving). My dad insisted that they weren't doing it right, they wouldn't listen 
. They dinged up the metal when putting it in the cargo trailer
.(Thankfully it can be fixed easily). They listened a lot better the next time.
Here are pics of the house/shop we are doing,
@Bruce a while back I said I would post pics so here they are.
The back of the pic is what we are doing.
Has all you know we didn't bring up our goats this year
. It turns out right after we got up here, Canada opened their gates for breeding goat stock to be able to come thru the border easier 
. With all the hold up with the property, we will bring the goats up next summer instead of spring. Right now we are looking at only bring up 2 kiko does, 3 oberhasli does, along with goats we already have, and then we will be adding lamanchas from up here in Alaska. Our chosen breeds are oberhaslis, lamanchas, kikos, and alpine doe. We will be getting welsh-harlequin ducks and Domingue chickens next spring. We are looking into doing kun kun pigs and maybe alpacas. (Seems like alpacas are just not the right animal for us to get, it was a idea that just looks like it never going to happen). We switched from katahdins to dorpers, if we get sheep. We nailed it down to the animals that would be most helpful to us as a family and to the size of land we have, 1 mule, 14 goats, 35 chickens or so, 15 ducks, and a few dogs. We will not be able to put a deposit down on a pup SM for next year and a pup does not sound like it is a good choice for now. We are waiting to see what is best, there is talk of waiting till we go down to pick up the goats and then bring up a already trained LGD with us, right now it is all up in the air.
I'm very thankful that we left our goats down in OR. I couldn't even imagian our har it would be to keep the goats along with everything we have going on.
Papa is eager to get back home and be out of the hospital and home. Please pray that they have a same ride home, dad is taking the bus tomorrow to anchorage to help.
On saterday we went and saw Papa and Nana, Shoshanna and dad went to start my Nanas car, shosh saw a younger man trying to start his car. She later told my dad about it, dad immidalty asked why she hadn't said anything about it so while they were on there way in they noticed the guy sitting on a bench in the hospital. It turns out he wa sout of gas and had been at the hospital for 1 day and needed help. We gave him gas and got his number incase he needed more help. He and my dad got to talking, earlier that day he had said his first prayer ever in the chapel at the hospital, he is very intrested in learing more about got and is going to talk some mor ewith dad about God. God is truly amazing
. We almost didn't go up on saterday, but God had a plan.
.With snow on the ground, we have not been able to clear the property. My wonderful Papa and Nana are okay with us staying on their property till next spring, then we will start building the house/shop. We got the house/shop shipped in and picked up 2 weeks ago
. When we went to go pick it up, the people that loaded it up with a forklift did not know how to load the thing up right. (Dad drove a forklift for 11 years, he a really good at driving). My dad insisted that they weren't doing it right, they wouldn't listen . They dinged up the metal when putting it in the cargo trailer.(Thankfully it can be fixed easily). They listened a lot better the next time.Here are pics of the house/shop we are doing,
@Bruce a while back I said I would post pics so here they are.
Has all you know we didn't bring up our goats this year
. It turns out right after we got up here, Canada opened their gates for breeding goat stock to be able to come thru the border easier . With all the hold up with the property, we will bring the goats up next summer instead of spring. Right now we are looking at only bring up 2 kiko does, 3 oberhasli does, along with goats we already have, and then we will be adding lamanchas from up here in Alaska. Our chosen breeds are oberhaslis, lamanchas, kikos, and alpine doe. We will be getting welsh-harlequin ducks and Domingue chickens next spring. We are looking into doing kun kun pigs and maybe alpacas. (Seems like alpacas are just not the right animal for us to get, it was a idea that just looks like it never going to happen). We switched from katahdins to dorpers, if we get sheep. We nailed it down to the animals that would be most helpful to us as a family and to the size of land we have, 1 mule, 14 goats, 35 chickens or so, 15 ducks, and a few dogs. We will not be able to put a deposit down on a pup SM for next year and a pup does not sound like it is a good choice for now. We are waiting to see what is best, there is talk of waiting till we go down to pick up the goats and then bring up a already trained LGD with us, right now it is all up in the air.I'm very thankful that we left our goats down in OR. I couldn't even imagian our har it would be to keep the goats along with everything we have going on.
Papa is eager to get back home and be out of the hospital and home. Please pray that they have a same ride home, dad is taking the bus tomorrow to anchorage to help.
On saterday we went and saw Papa and Nana, Shoshanna and dad went to start my Nanas car, shosh saw a younger man trying to start his car. She later told my dad about it, dad immidalty asked why she hadn't said anything about it so while they were on there way in they noticed the guy sitting on a bench in the hospital. It turns out he wa sout of gas and had been at the hospital for 1 day and needed help. We gave him gas and got his number incase he needed more help. He and my dad got to talking, earlier that day he had said his first prayer ever in the chapel at the hospital, he is very intrested in learing more about got and is going to talk some mor ewith dad about God. God is truly amazing
. We almost didn't go up on saterday, but God had a plan.
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Oops, picture links not working!!
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YES! Thanks!
OK, orient me here please. There are multiple buildings and you have them set up at your grandparents' until spring when you can finish clearing your land and move them? Or these are examples of the sort of building you got?
It must be great living so close to your grandparents. Not many people get that opportunity any more.
OK, orient me here please. There are multiple buildings and you have them set up at your grandparents' until spring when you can finish clearing your land and move them? Or these are examples of the sort of building you got?
It must be great living so close to your grandparents. Not many people get that opportunity any more.
Mini Horses
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Is this why you moved to Alaska, family ties?
You have a "shop" -- what does your dad do for work?
Maybe all was posted earlier but, if so, I've missed it.
Hope your grdad does well with recovery.
You have a "shop" -- what does your dad do for work?
Maybe all was posted earlier but, if so, I've missed it.
Hope your grdad does well with recovery.
