Dairy Goats?

While visiting the Heritage Homestead over in Waco I sampled fresh Goat Cheese with a hint of orange and ginger. It was amazing! I didn’t think I liked anything goat. I’ve reached out for anyone local selling homemade cheese to no avail.

The Homestead Craft Village is such a lovely place Momma & I will visit again - by ourselves - when it’s not a cold rainy windy day.

For a few days I silently pondered adding a dairy goat to the mix. I considered different things like where could I graze her/him, and the resulting babies. How much space would they need, what breed would be best, what type of structure would be needed, etc. Then I decided to watch some YouTube videos on how to milk a goat.

It’s not often I say to myself, You are just too old to start raising dairy goats! This is certainly one of those times!

But... I had already joined some Facebook groups. I’ve learned a lot... like the mini breeds, and came across this sweet face at Rural Space Ranch (not too far from here either)!

Tugging my heart!

We’ll see... it’s not over.

Maybe when I hit 70!

Life after the Artic Blast

We had an arctic blast to come through last week. It arrived earlier than the last five years and stayed much longer. Although I covered some of the plants, it was not good enough. Lessons learned and next year will be much different coverage.

After a brief walk through yesterday, I found it very interesting as to what survived. I’m not a bit surprised of the plants that bit the dust.

The oregano is thriving, whereas the green bell peppers are history.

Still growing strong are the dill plants next to the spent tomatoes.

The 24 and 26 degrees didn’t seem to phase the mums and asparagus. And, of course, the collards loved the cold snap!

As last week went, this week is another busy time so the garden is on hold.

I’m anxious, however, to get it cleaned up. Maybe Friday I can get out there and chop things into little pieces, dig a trench, then place the goodies down to compost in place. The collards have proven lasagna style gardening works amazingly well.

After checking the 10-day forecast, I so wish I could tend to the garden today... high expected to be 80 and sunny! Oh well. It is what it is. Friday’s predicted high is only 56 degrees with a 30% chance of rain.

But it is Texas so who knows until the weather actually happens!