[Ag-eq] Quiet list

[Susan Roe]

Hi Jody,

Nice to hear from you.  I'm still here, getting ready for late winter early 
spring preparations around here.  We did get our first goat the first of 
December.  He is a male
Toggenburg (dairy goat) a whether, named Homer.  Friends of ours were forced 
to move into town and couldn't take him with them.  He was a 4-h project for 
their kids and didn't want to sell him.  We took him along with his fencing 
and now he is quite the new member of the family.  He prefers Matt over any 
of us, but all it takes is a carrot or an apple and he likes you well 
enough.  We are planning on getting a female

Toggenburg in the late fall from a local dairy that sells them already bred 
and would kid the following February/March.



We also will be splitting our 3 bee hives in April and have found someone 
who will take the three new split hives on their farm for their large apple 
orchard and their sewn fields.  We will still own the hives and collect the 
honey and they will get the polinating bennifits.



Early pruning will start this month for our muscodine grapes and we are also 
going to plant 12 more plants.  Matt will make some more wine and my sister 
and I will make more jelly and conserves.



I'm going to order another 25 Rhode Island Red hens and one rooster and will 
probably pick them up in April/May.  I am considering stripping coop 1 out 
and setting it up for electricity so I can take in baby chicks.  Right now, 
I only take in chicks 4 weeks or older.  I don't have electrical for the 
heat lamps.



I hope everyone had a nice holiday and the weather isn't treating you or 
your animals too rough.



Susan, Richmond, Virginia

dogwoodfarm at verizon.net



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jody W. Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 1:45 PM
Subject: [Ag-eq] Quiet list


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> Wow, this list has been quiet for so long.  How are you all doing?
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