With the last of our does (MTH Zuri) gracing us with so much color, we are so very thankful for an uneventful - eventful few days........ LOL.  With the prior brood taking a nap, we weigh and feed our two new additions.  We had as many bucklings as doelings, but delight in knowing we have 8 more sucklers' thinking we are just TOO GRAND & the dams are all well and resting.  

Our Akita 200 security system was busy updating their 'babies to protect' list, sniffing bottoms and wagging tails as they went.  Never before have we felt so joyful, with these 8 little (& big) bundles of joy. 

If nothing else, this night they won't be the only ones sleeping like babies!

Blessings
Nick & Brenda Lee
 

As the kids' started coming - we rushed here and there.  Wondering what furry bundles we would be blessed with.  Then our first set of QUADS came rushing out - we were to busy cleaning faces as our Mischief started calling to all.  Now as the dust settles we find 'our brood' of six still getting there land legs as they tumble about one another. 

A recent study at the  University of Granada have found that goat milk is not only considered functional food, but has omega-6, calcium,  phosphorus, zinc, & selenium!  Assists in probiotic flora and has great antioxidants! 

            check out the full article at the following link:
    http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/225797.php

Goat Milk, the Good Food!

As the snow falls lightly outside our window, the sunset's glow painting pink the mountains that surround us, memories of past gardens tickle the corners of our minds.  Anticipation of fresh greens, fire side roasted root vegetables, and sweet fruits of Seaberries excite us.

With such a short growing season, Memorial Day to Labor  day, many of the foods we grow need an early start that nature here does not  provide.  With heirloom seeds from  Siberia, North Dakota, and Canada, many of the crops we grow can simply be   started outdoors.  Such as peas,  beans, lettuce, spinach, carrots, corn, and more, but what of those that require  more than 90 days from seed to harvest?  We furnish an extension to our growing season by starting seeds  indoors.  
 
When starting seeds indoors, you need to consider five things: temperature, water, lighting, soil, and seeds.