Judging from Pinecone's enthusiasm for Salmonberries these past few days, I think our summer will be defined as one berry after another comes into season. She has developed an eagle eye for those glowing orange berries tucked into their prickly bushes. And she's even learned to look out for those hidden worms. The conversation goes like this: "That one! That one! Worm all gone. Okay!" Every once in a while it's "Mom's turn."
This afternoon we enjoyed the first strawberries of the summer, and she is learning what "tomorrow" means, as she has to wait for those red berries that aren't quite ready. Sigh. It's so tough to wait.
So our summer will look like: Salmonberry, Strawberry, Thimbleberry, Blueberry, Raspberry, Huckleberry, Blackberry.
Should be good for potty training -- we'll get a lot of poop practice with all those berries.
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She's getting so big!! Love the photo in your header. She's lovely. :)
Potty training + berries sounds interesting! Should be colorful. ;)
Such a nice image! We've had strawberries and now raspberries and mulberries. I love that Acorn just expects food in the garden.
Great idea re poop and training!!!
I see on the ticker today's the day!
Happy Second Birthday Miss Pinecone!
It is CL that I was concerned about in my new goats. I got hold of the breeder today and lo and behold he just had a CL lump show up in one of his does in the past week.
I don't know what we're going to do. A lot of people just manage CL as opposed to trying to eradicate it. And if we isolate her so that it doesn't burst in with the rest of the herd and get it cleaned up then it won't spread.
But we just found a lump on one of our does who was born on the farm and we've never had any burst lumps before. I also recently found out that there used to be sheep on this farm and sheep are even more prone to CL than goats. And CL can live in the soil for years. So maybe we're just screwed and didn't know it until now. I'm really hoping that the born-on-the-farm doe just has a retained cud or something.
We need the milk from all of them in order to go into business. I just don't know what to do right now. CL doesn't actually affect the milk at all so I wouldn't be putting people at risk, but I don't like the idea of having less-than-healthy goats.
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