I had my suspicions that Maggie didn’t settle. She fought being bred and only let the buck cover her once before throwing a temper tantrum any time he got near. Well, lo and behold Maggie went back into heat. Due to scheduling issues for everyone, we were not able to take her back to Graupel…
I am so very excited to introduce Castle Rock Lady Rainicorn! Not only does she have the MOST AWESOME NAME EVER but she is, hands down, the sweetest goat I’ve ever met. Rainy is out of SGCH Algedi Farm H Purple Rain 4*M 4*D VEEV 90 by CRF Castle Rock Harvest Moon +B *S. I…
Back in early October we did one last check of our bee hives. One of our hives was doing phenomenal. Lots of brood, lots of food for the winter. But one thing that was kind of bothering me was that there was a bunch of supersedure cells. At first I was thinking they were getting…
This past weekend Dog Island Kahlua N Cream and Dog Island CN MahoganyObsidian (aka “Maggie”) had a date with Castle Rock Graupel *B *S. Which means….Our kidding schedule is up. We only have these two breedings listed right now but hope to add a third soon (which will be some additional exciting news on it’s…
Good food is expensive. If you grow it and/or raise it yourself you know how much hard work it takes to put food on your table. A little part of me dies inside when I toss out the bits and pieces of unusable food – even if it is going into the compost or out…
It is time to share one of my favorite Thanksgiving dishes – the Stuffing, or in this case, the Dressing. This is a recipe my mom has made for as long as I can remember, which she got from her grandmother – my great grandmother. My great-grandmother called it her Celery Onion Dressing, but this is…
It’s November and we know what that means! Thanksgiving will be here any day now so I’m reposting this recipe because it IS that good. The last few years we’ve been making this with our homegrown turkeys and it’s even more amazing! Super moist and flavorful, this turkey is sure to please your guests. ———————————————————————- I…
It’s almost time to start thinking about planting onions. Around here we go through half a dozen onions a week because we’re slightly nuts, but they just add so much flavor to meals, how could we not? There’s no possible way we could grow enough onions to provide us all year long unless we severely…
You, my fine readers, are invited to join us in our Tomato Tasting and Harvest potluck here at Dog Island Farm in Vallejo on Saturday, September 6th. We’ll start the tomato tasting around 3pm and serve dinner at 6pm. Bring your favorite homemade dish to share. Bonus points if it’s made from food your raised/grew.We…
I can’t believe I never did a post about our greenhouse. We’ve now been using it for at least a year and a half and I’ve been oddly silent about it. I guess it’s probably because it’s not 100% complete. We have one small area that still needs a permanent covering, the windows need new…
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