One of my goals last year was to find a miniature donkey and I completed that goal with 2 days to spare!
- Finish fencing our front lot for the goats and donkeys. It's 50% done as of right now.
- Find Dimple a girlfriend!!
- I always want a bigger, better vegetable garden.
- Start a large herb garden for growing my own herbs to use in canning, soap-making, etc.
- Can more. I would love to can some jams and jellies for homemade gift baskets this year.
- Candlemaking
- Work on different types of gift baskets using my Country Made Essentials.
- Improve and learn new soap-making techniques.
- Add at least 2 more milk goats to my herd.
- More chicks, guineas and hopefully geese!
- I also have a friend who has promised to save me turkey eggs for incubating this spring.
- Have a happy healthy and easy deliver of baby goats in the spring!
- Work on the barn and stalls, replace boards, gates, etc.
- More fish for the pond.
- Fill the barn loft with hay this fall for the coming winter and spring.
- Stock up some straw for bedding. There's a shortage this year due to the drought and lack of wheat grown this past year.
- A new longer, bigger, better clothesline!
What are your farm goals for 2011??
5 comments:
Your list is long but hopefully manageable! I like how you covered details like enough hay and straw. :)
I'm hoping we can get our hay field fertilized this spring - have had some timing troubles in the past. And maybe get a handyman to repair some rotten wood and repaint the barn (2nd time in 9 yrs.) Other than that, I just want to keep our animals/pets/babies healthy and happy and safe. :)
I agree wholeheartedly--I work full time to support my farming/animal habit/hobby. I really want to do cleanup on my farm, plant a large pumpkin patch to open for pick-your-own this fall, and work on soaps, canning, candles, etc. to sell at this pumpkin patch. I hope all your goals are met--they certainly are some good ones.
Good luck with all of that. I hope you succeed with abundance!
I grew up on a small farm and miss it quite a bit. Sorry to say I don't have the land to have the same and I would be lucky enough to have a few chickens. Maybe that is why I enjoy reading your blog so much.
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Oh my what a list. I've always heard if you want something done give it to the busiest person you know!
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