April Farm Updates

Hi all! We're staying busy here at Edgington Farm this month. We've been planting and grooming our yard furiously, and we're not even finshed yet! I've found a little farm sure can keep you occupied in the spring.

In our garden beds and areas we have planted:

Cauliflower
Broccoli
Cabbage
Brussels Sprouts
Kale
2 types of lettuce
Swiss Chard
Peas
2 types of onions
Parsnips
Strawberries
Raspberries
Blueberries

We still have to plant radishes, spinach, and arugula this weekend!

Our animals are all doing very well. Our first batch of chickens are almost 10 weeks old already! They should be laying eggs in approximately 10 more weeks (Eeek! How exciting!) We will be processing our last 8 "real" meat chickens in about 2 more weeks. But, we do have about 6 "packing peanut" freebie male chickens we will be processing in about 10 weeks. Our newer batch of chicks are doing well and feathering out nicely. We should be combining everyone in a couple more weeks.

Bacon is very content bunking in with the chickens, but unfortunately he is stil very hesitant about people. I am trying though!

Our ducks are coexisting very nicely with the goats. I'm very happy that I don't have to clean up so much after those little stinkers! We just wormed our goats and treated them with probiotics to boost their digestion. They're doing well. We are keeping our fingers crossed for some goaty romance so we can have a goat baby!

We have a lot of tomatoes and peppers started, along with a few other "mystery" plants I will be talking about eventually!

Come back soon as we are always up to something here at the farm!

Thanks for reading!

New Furry Additions To The Farm

Hi all! Well, we were going to get a dog, but......we got these guys instead!

I've been dying to get some dairy goats, and I couldn't beat the prices on this registered breeding pair of Nigerian Dwarf Goats. I'm so thrilled.  I thought we might have to give up on them for a while, but we worked out a comfy living situation, and, as I said before, they were priced so well.

Just a few fun facts on this breed:

This is a picture of Biosphere 2 in Arizona and scientist Jayne Poynter with the Nigerian Dwarf goats used in the 2 year long experiment.

*  This breed was used in the Biosphere 2 experiment in the 90's in which 8 people spent 2 years locked in a dome and performed research on ecology. (think Biodome)

*  This breed produces only about a quart of milk a day

*  Unlike most other breeds of goat, this breed is capable of breeding year-round instead of seasonally

*  This breed's average weight is about 75 lbs

*  Nigerian Dwarfs have a higher butterfat content than most other breeds. Standard: 3-4% Dwarf: 5-7% This is great for cheese making!

*  Only just recently recognized as a dairy breed by The American Dairy Goat Association in 2005

*  Though this breed is small, generally it's teats are standard size, which is great for milking

The lady we got them from said that if our female stayed exposed to the male, she might come back into heat so we could breed them and get babies and milk!!

Stay tuned for fun goat updates!

Thanks for reading!

P.S. Their names are Cali and Dexter!