What to save and What to throw away

A new day has begun at Sunset Oaks, and everyday I find myself saving more and more things. I have put my whole heart into this farm I want it to be the best it can be. I have two garden though small they will provide me with the vegetables I need. Since I have all the compost I want from my animals it is senseless not to use it. I find myself every day trying to use everything that I come in contact with. I have started saving my cardboard because it works wonders to keep weeds out also it decomposes so it is a great additive. As I was cleaning my hairbrush out this morning I remember where someone had once told me that human hair will deter snakes in your yard, I am not so much worried about my yard its the hen house. My daughter last year killed two snakes in the nesting boxes,they were chicken snakes but I do not want to see one. I will try not to kill one but if it scares me bad enough I am sure it will be a dead snake. So I am saving all my hair to put in the nesting boxes will see what happens. Then again this morning I am eating oranges and I was going to put the peeling in my coffee can for the compose, then started thinking I can grated the peelings for orange rolls, or my homemade soap, just read the other day it makes get citrus scent. So now I have a baggie started with orange peels, who knew that so many things could be recycled. Then I was reading about all the herbs that could be used in soap, so I had to go buy four herbs, Walmart had them on sale for two dollars a piece, so I figured it could not hurt. Well got to go the farm is waiting to show me what else I might can save.

Just another day at the farm

Living on a farm there is always things that have to be done that is not really much fun at all. To me the worse thing is the dis-budding of a goat kid, but when we started the farm we decided it was the best in the long run for the babies. Since we are trying to raise the best Nigerian Dwarf goats that we can. Our main goal is good milkers well not good the best that they can be. Also for show, and in the show ring they are not allowed horns, especially dairy goat. Well I am the one in charge so I have to be the one to do it, My son is in the Marine Corps, and he is stationed in Hawaii serving our country. So I have read all the things I could and watched so many video until all that was left for the me was to get the job done. About 3 weeks ago I did it, but I did not get enough of the horn bud, so of course I knew I was going to have to repeat the ugly process. So this morning I got down on my knees and prayed to Jesus to give me the strength to do this, at least just help me stop shaking. I did it, with steady hands but my heart was about to break but I know this time I did it right. As long as I am raising goat this will be the only drawback to it Because these creatures are the best.