Hello everyone, Merry here from Merry Meadows Farm. It's a pleasure to have you with me today. If you're like me, you appreciate the simple and wholesome things in life—clean air, fresh produce, and skin-care products that you can trust. That's why making soap at home has always been close...
Happy Spring!! We finally made it! Winter just had to get one more cold snap in before moving over for Spring. We had tomatoes, yellow squash and zucchini planted in the ground. We covered the tomatoes and looks like everything survived the last freeze. I say the last, that is...
With this crazy weather, not only are the humans getting sick, but the animals are too. Today we had to take Daphne, the pregnant Nigerian Dwarf goat, to the vet. She has a touch of pneumonia and we will be medicating her and a few of the others that have...
Here is to another week on the farm where everyday brings something new. It is difficult to make hard and fast plans, because “the farm” has other ideas. That is what keeps it fresh and exciting! Being flexible is definitely a must. I love the challenges of the daily events....
It was a bang of a start to last week. Two babies born within an hour of each other. Both were bucklings. A buckling is a baby boy goat. The first doe to deliver certainly let us know that she was about to give birth. She went back to the...
On Tuesday of this last week we had a baby Boer goat born at about 3:00pm. All of the dogs alerted us to the birth. By the time we got to the barn we could see the nose and two hoofs emerging. We quickly moved mama to a safer place and in...
Remember, when I said last week that Old Man Winter would be coming back? Well, he did come back and brought us a beautiful snow. I enjoyed looking at the huge flakes of snow falling. The snow continued through the night, creating a beautiful blanket of white. According to the...
Looking back on last week the weather was absolutely beautiful! Seventies in January is a gift. One day it even topped off at 81°F! With warmer weather brings better egg production. Chickens lay eggs year round, but in the winter their production significantly slows down. It makes me happy to...
How and Why to Build Raised Beds for Your Garden Gardening is, hands down, one of the best skills that you really should start building now. Notonly will gardening provide nutrients to you and your loved ones, it will alleviate daily stress,provide low impact exercise, it's inexpensive, and it's a...
Raising ducks on your farm is such a wonderful addition with many benefits. At Merry Meadows Farm, raising our ducks has been one of the most rewarding and enjoyable experiences. We introduced ducks on our farm this last year with the expectation to add duck eggs to our list of...
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