[Ag-eq] Apple harvest

Mon Aug 24 00:42:10 UTC 2015

Thanks very much. This is interesting I do enjoy reading your posts. I
love little goats. They are pretty cool and friendly. That is how I
would do the gardening okay thanks for confirming. Thanks for the
insight.

On 8/23/15, David Andrews via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> GMO is genetically modified organism, so GMO-free meat would be from
> an animal that had had no genetic manipulation etc .  I don't know if
> it also means they haven't eaten any gmo modified grain etc.?
>
> Dave
>
> At 04:26 PM 8/23/2015, you wrote:
>>Could you explain what GMO free meat is?
>>
>>Zac
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nella Foster
>> via
>>Ag-eq
>>Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2015 1:17 PM
>>To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
>>Cc: nfoster at extremezone.com
>>Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Apple harvest
>>
>>Tracy:
>>
>>I plan on keeping the young doe goats asuming they are healthy and grow
>>well.
>>My dose have all kidded easily and are good milkers, so hope their
>> daughters
>>will be the same.  Two of the dose are getting older so can probably only
>>breed them one more time.
>>
>>I will casterate the young bucks and they will go to someone's table.
>> I've
>>made contact with a couple of butchers in the area that specialize in
>> grass
>>fed and GMO free meats.  I plan on following their guidelines so they will
>>buy the kids I don't want.  This is hard for me, but I cannot keep all of
>>them.  I could sell any unwanted doelings as milk goats since they come
>> from
>>good milking lines.
>>
>>I will be selling milk; we are allowed to sell raw milk here as long as
>> it's
>>picked up from the farm.  There are a few regulations you have to meet to
>>sell the milk, that is why I'm building the milk barn.  I've met a family
>>that live a few miles away that are selling fresh Jersey milk and they
>>cannot keep up with the demand.  Unfortunately I'm not allowed to sell
>>cheese, only the milk.
>>I can sell the goat milk soap since it's not being eaten.
>>
>>Nella
>>
>>
>>
>>Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
>>
>> > Hi Nella.
>> > Chocolate sounds very nice!
>> > What will you do with the kids?  Will your herd get bigger and bigger,
>> > or will your neighbors be eating roast kid?
>> > Tracy
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nella
>> > Foster via Ag-eq
>> > Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2015 9:30 PM
>> > To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
>> > Cc: nfoster at extremezone.com
>> > Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Apple harvest
>> >
>> > Tracy:
>> >
>> > I recently got a dehydrator and so far have only dried some peppers
>> > and herbs.
>> >
>> > The buck goats can get aggressive, but this little guy has been
>> > handled since birth and I continue to spend time with him.  He is very
>> > friendly and will follow me around like a puppy.  I think he will be
>> > o.k. as long as I keep handling him and don't let him get away with
>> > bad behavior.  I've met several bucks that are friendly and the people
>> > were petting them and spending time with them.  I've seen a couple
>> > that were aggressive, but they were just out in a pasture and didn't
>> > have
>>a lot of human interaction.
>> >
>> > The worse thing about a buck goat is how stinky they get.  so far
>> > Chocolate isn't very smelly because he is still young.  They get more
>> > smelly when they reach adulthood.  His name is Chocolate, which fits
>> > right into my heard, the girls all have candy names.
>> >
>> > I purchased Chocolate from a nice Amish family.  All their animals
>> > were so healthy and friendly.  He is registered and their herd has
>> > been tested for certain diseases, which is what I wanted to find.
>> > They even called to make sure he is doing o.k. and didn't get to
>> > stressed by the move.  I've kept their contact info so that we can do
>>business again.
>> >
>> > I think they had to call from a neighbors, they don't use phones.
>> > When I called I spoke to the neighbor; it was strange, but all worked
>> > out.
>> >
>> > Nella
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
>> >
>> > > Hi Nella.
>> > > My apples are Golden Delicious, sweet/tart, the way I like them.
>> > > I'd forgotten about drying, and I have a dehydrator.  I'll have to
>> > > try
>>it.
>> > > This morning, I separated the apples into "use today" and "will keep
>> > > a
>> > bit".
>> > > After lunch, applesauce!  And maybe more.
>> > >
>> > > Your barn sounds great! And your buck sounds cute.  Do male goats
>> > > get aggressive, when they reach maturity?
>> > > Tracy
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nella
>> > > Foster via Ag-eq
>> > > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 5:00 PM
>> > > To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
>> > > Cc: nfoster at extremezone.com
>> > > Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Apple harvest
>> > >
>> > > Tracy:
>> > >
>> > > What kind of apples?
>> > >
>> > > I'm so jealous, love fresh apples.
>> > >
>> > > Wonder how long until my little trees start bearing fruit?
>> > >
>> > > Do you ever dry them?
>> > >
>> > > I'm still getting tomatoes, peppers, squash and cucumbers.
>> > >
>> > > I bought a little buck goat and put out with my doe goats.  He's
>> > > kind of young, so don't know if he is old enough to do his job yet!
>> > > He is very cute, will grow up to be a handsome boy.  He and 2 of my
>> > > dose have genes for spots, so hoping I get some spotted babies.
>> > >
>> > > I'm turning my shop building into a milk barn.  The guys are working
>> > > on it right now.  There will be a room to store hay, a room for
>> > > milking and a room to put the goats when they kid and to keep the
>> > > really young kids out of the weather.
>> > > It is going to make milking so much easier.  There is a pen on one
>> > > side where I will bring the girls, then I can take them into the
>> > > milk room to milk and put them out a door on the other side.
>> > >
>> > > I finally have goat proof fencing around the whole pasture, so the
>> > > goats and Cruiser can all be together.  Hopefully by next spring I
>> > > will have more fences up to divide the pasture so I can rotate the
>> > > animals around.  They graze it more even that way.
>> > >
>> > > What is everyone else up to?
>> > >
>> > > Nella
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
>> > >
>> > > > The apple harvest is starting to roll in.  Literally, since I'm
>> > > > picking them up off the ground and often finding them by
>> > > > accidentally kicking them.  My young retriever is also good at
>> > > > finding apples.  He has a soft mouth, and can pick them up without
>> > > > a scratch, but I'm trying to teach him not to pick up
>> > > > miscellaneous things
>> > off the ground.
>> > > >
>> > > > Yesterday, I took a medium-size bucket and filled it to the top.
>> > > > I'll have to sort them this weekend, green or ripe. Then I'll
>> > > > start making
>> > > applesauce.
>> > > > I've also found a pandowdy recipe that sounds yummy.  Applesauce
>> > > > is the easiest though, since all I have to do is boil the apples
>> > > > 10-15 minutes, then run them through the whatchamacallit that
>> > > > squeezes out the good stuff and leaves the seeds and skins in the
>> > > > pot.
>>Yumaroo!
>> > > >
>> > > > They're little apples, 2-3 inches across, so it will take quite a
>> > > > few to make a pie.  But it could be worth it.
>> > > >
>> > > > And then there's just plain eating them.  Or wrapping some up to
>> > > > store for later.
>
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