it's BEGUN!!!!! What would the experience of this be....for a Plant Being? Only in the second year. Having been devoted to Growing. and now....the crowning glory....i am so excited
and now, Next has arrived. I love her butt hairs. I milked her in N Mex. she wasn't into it at all, back then. But she's a very different Mother this time. The little ones are going on half her size and still nurse. i see it happen 3 or 4 times a day. Her udder is healthy. teats even. no wear and tear. The milk stand has been moved into the Curry House for over a week now. They will need to be separated. eee. The easiest way is to separate them at night. Probably i'll put her in the Curry House and leave them out. My guess is that they will lay next to her along the fence of the corridor. For a few nights there will be crying. But not for long. Will milk her first thing in the morning then let her out. Put her back last thing in eve. It'll work. She can wean them as she chooses and i can, hopefully, continue to milk. if it goes well, it will be about a year. Cheese. Slow, Slow, we work toward feeding ourselves. Eggs, milk/cheese, vegetables. Food enough for Life. The deer have not come to eat the Pear Tree , the Plumcot Tree...so far. They've grown and give fruit. Just a little so far. The grape vines which we have not cared for as we should, have grapes. The rooster swamp is FULL with blackberries again. The mullien is medicine as is the Yarrow and Plantain that grows. Figs. and maybe pomegranates if the squirrel allows. We go along.