Missing Willow Farm

Here are most of them are so far (plus an older one), thick as thieves.  They run in a little fluffy gang.

Hermione gives me this much milk every morning.  I made my first batch of chevre yesterday and it didn’t set right.  I need to order fresh rennet and culture to remedy that.  I hope to put at least 50 blocks of cheese in the freezer before I get tired of the daily milking routine.  Probably sooner than later.  🙂

Hermione’s back on the milking stand.  Every morning.  Too icy to get the key into our mule?  Nope, still milking.  11 degrees out?  Too bad.  I keep reminding myself goat cheese is delicious.

Is there anything cuter than a newborn lamb?

Jack just can’t resist making angels in the snow.

We’ve had 3 inches of snow in the past 2 hours this morning.  Jack’s been playing in the snow, the lambs are frolicking, there’s a path out to the hot tub and a batch of jalapeno corn bread in the oven to go with the big pot of chili I made yesterday.  Bring it on!

The pond is iced over and we’re bracing for a big snow.  We have a winter storm warning starting tonight thru the next 3 days.  Should be interesting.  I made a huge pot of chili today and the champagne is chilling.  I think we’re all set.

These little guys are twins and were born yesterday.  They’re both healthy and well taken care of by their mama.  A great start!

We took our fresh Christmas tree down and delivered it to the goats.  They will have it stripped in no time then the remnants will go into the pond as fish habitat.  Happy New Year!

It’s time to put out hay since the pasture has gone dormant for the winter.  The goats are in the barn because they are super annoying around a fresh bale of hay and the tractor is dangerous for them.  The sheep are in their feeding pen waiting to be let out and Jack’s just waiting on them.