Harmony Farm

28/11/2022

This!

Another reason to love the dragonfly!

28/07/2022

Absolutely!

08/07/2022

Who's the king of the castle?

16/06/2022

Minnie is clearly in charge.

For those of you who are wondering if anything has changed at Harmony Farm...

10/06/2022

We left Harmony Farm in Caitlyn and Andrew's capable hands during our recent trip to Hobart. I think Minnie approves.

23/05/2022

I got the first two on film and then got busy delivering the third. Three big healthy bubs and she needed help but a good outcome in the end.

23/05/2022

And.... the final kid count is 26 with triplets for Margaret just now.

20/05/2022

A stunning morning here at the farm, made more beautiful by the art installation created by our resident spiders. Organic farming creates abundance in every way.

18/05/2022

I look like a bag lady but that's what a fifty year old goat farmer looks like.

18/05/2022

Our 5th set of triplets were born this morning to Greta. The kid count should be 23 but sadly one of the little bucklings from an earlier set of triplets passed away last night. The mother only had one kid last time and was completely overwhelmed with 3 in the beginning. We worked hard with her, so that she would feed him, and things seemed to be going well but we're thinking he didn't get enough colostrum in the first 12 hours. The frustrating thing is, he was a good size and really healthy. So... 22 with one doe left to kid.

17/05/2022

The count is now 20. Twins born at 2am this morning to Loulou on her namesake's Louisa Tyrell's birthday. Gotta love synchronicity. ❤

15/05/2022

The count is now 18 with a set of twins born this evening to Vera. Three does left to kid, hopefully not until tomorrow as the kidding pens are all full.

15/05/2022

Minnie the lap goat. 🤣

15/05/2022

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16 on the ground now with another set of triplets born this morning.

14/05/2022

13 and counting.

14/05/2022

Twins for Jenny. The second twin was breach and a bit distressed which explains the yellow poo all over her. I cleared her airway really well and she'll be just fine.

13/05/2022

This is what we commonly refer to as baby goatplegia- an inability to do anything due to sleeping baby goat.

13/05/2022

Say hello to Minnie. A doeling from the set of triplets born yesterday. She's really tiny, about 1/3 the size of her brother and sister. She's not good at suckling and can't compete for a teat with her much bigger siblings. We're also concerned she'll be trodden on. We'd said we'd never do it but we've decided to move her to the laundry and bottle feed her inside.

13/05/2022

Third lot of triplets in three days. Too tired to take photos.

12/05/2022

Second set of triplets.

And then there were six.

11/05/2022

Our first set of triplets.

Three's a winner!

11/05/2022

We have our first set of triplets on the farm. Two doelings and a buckling to Glyni. Pictures to follow.

24/04/2022

Our first goats off to the abattoir. One for us and two for Inglis River Meats.

26/03/2022

Having a bit of fun packaging our free-range eggs.

18/03/2022

The best thing about living on Harmony Farm is sharing it with others. It was such a pleasure to spend the past few days with our beautiful friends and such kindred spirits.

14/02/2022

Interesting that we had lots of these just after we built the shouse and then the house. Now we rarely see one.

Oniscidae; You may have found them under a brick or a damp object. You may have felt disgusted and wondered why they exist in nature.
Well, let me tell you, these animals oniscidae, better known as cochineal, are a subgroup of isopod crustaceans whose function is to remove harmful heavy metals to the earth such as mercury, cadmium and lead. they contribute to the cleansing of the soil and groundwater and reaffirm the wisdom of nature.
Do not damage them or spray pesticides!

11/02/2022

Zucchini chocolate cake. Mmmmm...

07/02/2022

Beans glorious beans! 1kg every second day.

06/02/2022

It's a simple meal but a first for us. Everything on this plate was grown here on the farm. It doesn't get much better than this. 😄

06/02/2022

15 happy chicks

Our third hatch for the year. Two weeks old and just graduated to the larger enclosure.

06/02/2022

January has been a busy month on the farm.

07/01/2022

Our year's supply of garlic harvested and dried ready for storage. 😋

19/12/2021

The last supper.

19/12/2021

Our little baby girls are 4 1/2 months old and heading to their new home tomorrow. We will miss them but look forward to more babies in May.

02/12/2021

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22/11/2021

We're home and Rob is in his happy place once again. And now... we begin the long list of jobs. 😁

02/11/2021

Someone jumped the fence into the chicken yard this morning. Oh dear...😟