Entries from March 2008

March 26, 2008

St. Patrick has his goat back

Monday, March 24th was one of those days on the farm where you keep pinching yourself hoping it is all a bad dream but you finally have to come to grips that this is no nightmare.
The day started out bad!  Vince left the milk in the pasteurizer over night.  He forgot to put it in [...]

March 19, 2008

Mikey had a little lamb…

Ok, actually two lambs and their names are Rosco (P. Coletrain) and Biscuit!
We decided to sell the sheep herd to make room for more dairy goats as our soap business is taking off (FINALLY as my husband says).  But it is really hard to sell these two little lambs as we have gotten so attached [...]

March 5, 2008

The Skerries Goat Legend

In honor of my love of goats and Irish heritage, I am reprinting this news article for you.  As you all know, I am surrounded by a very Italian proud husband and children so when St. Patrick’s Day rolls around every year…I celebrate in a very big and green way!!!  I thought you all might [...]

March 4, 2008

God answered my prayer…

Today was a tough day as I lost my first ever baby goat.  We are all heart sick and our moods match the rainy dismal day it is outside.
On Sunday, Mistaken Rose gave us a baby girl bright and early in the morning.  We were all shocked as (we thought anyway) she wasn’t due until the [...]