Abundant Life Farm

11/02/2023

07/25/2023

Nigerian dwarf milk is great for making cheese because of the high butterfat, which averages 6.5% but can peak at over 10% in the winter months.

04/08/2023

Starting sprigs of oregano from parent plant

04/08/2023

Romaine lettuce almost ready to enjoy

04/08/2023

Natural Easter eggs

04/08/2023

Bliss with Graycie

04/08/2023

Sis with Coral Belle

04/08/2023

Berry plants inside cattle mineral buckets

04/08/2023

Shorty

03/10/2023

DOUBLE TROUBLE is the latest Timely Topic from the American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control (ACSRPC; wormx.info). It's a short, 2-page fact sheet about the two parasites that usually cause the most problems on small ruminant farms: barber pole worm and coccidia. It is being translated into Spanish.

https://www.wormx.info/_files/ugd/6ef604_da1937b1e7ab408d9099c7cb3af59dbb.pdf
https://www.wormx.info/timelytopics

03/09/2023

03/08/2023

Growing chamomile for tea is easier than you think. Once the plants are established, chamomile is drought tolerant and trouble free.

03/08/2023

Goldenrod is helpful for making salves for sore muscles, tea for your kidneys, and may be useful for respiratory woes.

03/06/2023

Organic medicinal herb seeds, plants and roots to your door March 2023 Dear Seeders, As March melts into spring, we prepare our herbs for planting and shipping, as a means to make more seeds, and embe

03/06/2023

Great Pyrenees are considered to be one of the best Livestock Guardian breeds available. They are large and fearless.

03/05/2023

https://www.sheepandgoat.com/_files/ugd/aded98_415380e8b6a04a0eaa31ee1da0c7ec33.pdf
https://www.sheepandgoat.com/infographics

03/04/2023

Seeds sense the sun return. Germination rapid with most species. Here's a photo of one of the more spectacular ones--Bidens pilosa--and a bit more info about the plant

Bidens pilosa

Family: Aster (Asteraceae)

Annual, requiring 100 days to complete fruition

(Xian-feng-cao, Blackjack, Cobbler's Pegs, Hairy Beggarsticks, Sticky Beaks, Farmer's Friend) Annual w**d, self-fertile, flowering rayless yellow disc, to a height of 5 feet, native to South America and introduced into warmer regions worldwide. Note should be made that contact with the fresh plant can cause photosensitivity. Wash with soap and water immediately after contact. However the plant is a good edible herb, being used as a potherb especially in Africa, and is also used in herbal medicine and veterinary medicine. Traditional uses of roots, leaves and seeds: For treating stomach woes in humans and for treating animal colic; antidysenteric; pain-relieving anodyne; antimicrobial; antimalarial; Lyme; hepatoprotective; hypotensive. Fast-growing plant prefers a sunny position in disturbed soil and may be propagated much as one would grow Mustard or Kale, in the field or garden bed. Germination of the needle-like achenes (seeds) is rapid. Surface-sow and press in hard, keep warm, moist and in the light. Space plants 2 to 3 feet apart.

20 seeds per packet

02/24/2023

02/18/2023

Kidding season is my favorite time of year. Watching new life come into the world that I helped to create is just exhilarating each and every time. It sounds cliché, but it's truly magical. I place bets with my goat friends on who will have what and when. I talk to the does and tel

02/18/2023

Our beautiful "Sis" ... just a couple of weeks from kidding! Three does are expected to kid this spring, five will kid in May, and we are also planning a early fall kidding season. Private message us if you are interested in owning Nigerian Dwarf goat kids and we can add you to our list.

02/17/2023

Here's the latest factsheet in the "OTHER WORMS" series by the American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control (ACSRPC; wormx.info). Each factsheet is written and reviewed by members of the consortium. This one's on tapeworms (Moniezia expansa), the worm that looks worse than it is. The only factsheet strictly about tapeworms (that I'm aware of).

https://www.wormx.info/_files/ugd/6ef604_59751efbbfd34c40abffc6b73733a15e.pdf
https://www.wormx.info/otherworms

02/09/2023

NATURAL AND HOME REMEDIES FOR SHEEP/GOATS, A-Z
Updated for 2023
Anything I should add?

https://www.sheepandgoat.com/_files/ugd/aded98_97b24dc36be546f5abd0d94996af2852.pdf

11/29/2022

The Self-Sufficient Backyard

11/08/2022

10/27/2022

Always nice to have well mannered visitors! Goats love them too.

10/27/2022

Goat time!

10/27/2022

Making new friends....