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2020

March

  • Baby goats born March 26

February

  • Fun time teaching Poultry 101 class
  • Baby goats born February 17
  • Successful night cooking beef with Sun Prairie

January

  • Orientation Day for the 2020 Apprentices
  • Enjoying quiet moments at the Farm Playing in the snow, playing in the sun
  • Supporting the community
  • Final hoorah for the 2019 Apprentices at the National Western Stock Show

2019

December

  • Witnessing the weather change from sun to snow to warm to cold
  • On the news for Christmas to Compost
  • Watching the goats get so excited over their holiday greenery snack
  • Overwhelming response to Christmas to Compost - we received so many trees we've had to turn people away
  • Reviewing applications for the 2020 Apprentice Program

November

  • Accepting applications for the 2020 Apprentice Program
  • Breeding goats
  • Watching egg numbers dwindle as our chickens see less daylight
  • Wrapping up 2019 Apprentice Program
  • Enjoying quiet moments as things wind down for winter

October

  • Harvesting in a hurry before the cold snap!
  • Making cheese, salsa, yogurt, and bread, drying herbs, smoking squash
  • Drooling over the delicious smells coming from the kitchen
  • Moved boy goats to new spot
  • Cleaning! Organizing! I can see the inside of the barn again!
  • Quality control for @biscottihound (compliments of Eva)
  • Hanging ristras
  • Making full use of Farm fashion for Halloween

September

  • Farmers Markets are in full swing
  • The boys are settling in to their new job site with their sparkling new GPS collars
  • Enjoying the fruits of our summer labor
  • Kicking off Farmers Market season
  • Smoking everything we can get our hands on

August

  • Inaugural Goats on a Float in the Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival parade
  • Weeding and watering everything that grows
  • Researching GPS collars for the boy goats - look for them at Lewis Meadows soon
  • Farmers Markets in full swing

July

  • Baby goat cuteness overload
  • Enjoying summer vacation
  • Apprentices taking the ropes
  • Harvesting fresh herbs for delicious cooking and baking
  • Kicking off Farmers Market season
  • Picking berries and currents for jam

June

  • Baby goats!
  • Moved first batch of baby turkeys outside
  • Drooling over baby goats
  • Successful baby shower and market
  • Planting and weeding and watering, oh my!
  • Waiting for more baby goats

May

  • Hatching baby turkeys
  • Patiently awaiting the arrival of baby goats
  • Added new laying hens to our chicken coop
  • Planting seedlings outside
  • Trying to stay dry in all this rain!
  • Did we mention patiently waiting for baby goats to make their appearance?

April

  • Basking in the love and support from our community.
  • Drowning in eggs! The chickens must be super happy because they are laying like crazy! Buy eggs here.
  • Planted 50 apple trees with Clear Fork Cider.
  • Less milk from our lady goats as they prepare for babies.

March

  • Spring cleaning at the Farm!
  • Incubating turkey eggs for May hatching.
  • Planting seeds in home-made newspaper pots.
  • Amanda Weaver appointed to City Council Member for District III.
  • Two beautiful grazing boys join the herd from Skål Farm.

February

It's still winter, but we are beginning to plan our spring at the Farm.

January

So much for our quiet winter! Let's hope the rest of 2019 is a little less eventful.

  • Our 2019 Apprentices began their apprenticeship at the Farm and are getting into the swing of things.
  • We are re-building our herd of boy goats starting with Arlo and Willie.
  • Brody, the Nigerian Dwarf buck, enjoyed his month-long visit to the Farm. Looking forward to some "Nigeriancha" kids in the spring.
  • The lady goats are coming to terms with the fact there are new boys in town. Not sure they are really happy about it, but change is good, right?
  • We continue to mourn the loss of Wendell, Daryll, Daryl, Yoda, and Creampuff.

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