Ever since living here on our
homestead we are thinking about how to get so self-sufficed some possible. So
our vegetable-garden is growing every year, to grow enough food for us. We have
enough hay land for making hay for our livestock but we have also thought a lot
about dairy-animals. Dairy products are expensive to buy, especially when
you buy organic. It could save some money when we keep our own dairy animal and
made the most products at home. But is it best to keep a cow and get
enough milk to feed the whole neighbourhood? Or should we start with keeping
dairy goats, which are a lot easier to handle and to hold than a cow. I read a
lot the past years about both animals and last winter I read about to keep
Nigerian dwarf goats as milk goats. I did find that very interesting because I
always have loved these small goats. But buying some new livestock would not be
in the near future I thought then.....
Until a week ago.... We get the
opportunity to take over two lovely dwarf goats, two sisters, and we said yes!
and so last week these two girls moved to our home. The grey doe, we called
Milou, is the boss. She loves to come and get some attention but her sister
Klara is still a little shy. This autumn we will arrange a date to both and
next spring we will have some very cute little lambs around here.
Except the new goats we where and
are working in the garden a lot. A lot is growing. Unions, carrots, cabbage,
beets are popping out the soil. The strawberries are blooming, in the
poly-tunnel are the tomatoes and paprika plants growing. But the
nettle-plants, grass and other weeds are growing too! Every day we weed a
bit.
blooming rhubarb
We try to work one ore twice
a week with Berry
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