Welcome to Merry Meadows Farm Welcome to Merry Meadows Farm, a family-owned paradise nestled in the heart of Kingston, Oklahoma, on the beautiful Oklahoma side of Lake Texoma. As the proud owner, I, Merry, invite you and your family to explore our 18 acres of lush land and experience the...
How to Create Handmade Soap from Raw Goat Milk
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...
Merry Monday – March 20, 2023
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...
Merry Monday – February 27, 2023
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...
Merry Monday – February 20, 2023
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....
Merry Monday – February 13, 2023
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...
Merry Monday – February 6, 2023
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...
Merry Monday – January 30, 2023
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...
Merry Monday – January 23, 2023
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...
I’ll Take Your Garden and Raise You a Bed
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...