We been busy doing farm improvements here. Last year we started building a gravel road that goes to the barnyard and it’s coming along so nicely! This will be so helpful for yoga this summer as it will provide extra parking as well as making it easier to get hay to the barn.
I was ground driving our miniature horse this morning I took this opportunity to think about all the things I accomplished this year and what next year will look like for our farm. This time last year I was dreaming of my new horse Sass and planning my trip to Florida to pick her up! This was a new adventure for me as she is trained predominately as a driving horse and not a riding horse but I was super…
Yesterday was International Women’s Day which I spent being wonder woman here at home. A week ago I had a csection to birth my beautiful second daughter and I am supposed to be home taking it easy. Both of my parents are here to help with the farm and watching my older daughter (wonder woman in training) while I am healing and taking care of our newborn wonder woman. Yesterday after lunch I decided that I wanted to walk out…
Moving is stressful and doing it with a farm full of animals and a baby is even more difficult. We are however on the home stretch of this whole process. Our house has sold and so we are just waiting on a closing date at this point. We have not yet found a new farm to go to yet which is stressful but I have faith that it will all work out. I have figured out mostly where all of…
Well we are still here, perhaps a bit chilly but we are here. Our farm has been covered in a deep blanket… I mean smothered by a layer of snow. Normally I am all for branches covered in a liberty layer of white and a clean fresh snow to make fresh footprints in however not now. My chickens have chosen to stay in their coop for three weeks now meaning I also haven’t had any farm fresh eggs either. The…
Fall is quickly taking hold with the trees shedding their leaves and frost on the ground when I wake up. We put up more permanent fencing on the hill for the sheep to winter on. The waters in the pastures this morning had a nice layer of ice on top that I broke apart for the animals. I realized that I have been feverishly knitting christmas gifts but don’t have a pair of mittens for myself. I worked Gus today…
As you all know the first day of fall happened recently. For me this is a not so gentle reminder of the ginormous list of things left to do before winter. My amazing husband Jeff has a full time job outside the farm (required to support my wool habbit) so I try to get as much done alone as possible. This past week I decided it was time to move the sheep closer to the house up on the…
In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities. -Janos Arnay I thought it might be time to introduce ourselves since we have acquired so many new followers. If you have been following us from the beginning you might have noticed that Cacia Farms has been many things. We started out when I convinced my husband we would raise meat rabbits on our 1/4 acre lot in our small town. Well 30 some odd rabbits, 3 cats, 3 dogs, and…
Fall is upon us here in upstate NY and with that the rush to get everything prepared for winter. The girls will need to be sheared next month along with trimming their feet. This will also mean I will have five more fleeces to take to the fiber mill to be made into yarn. We have made a nice area on the hill to allow the sheep to winter closer to the house to make chores easier in the winter….
When my husband woke up late and asked if the baby and I could do morning chores yesterday I had no idea what I was in for! Usually chores are easy and relaxing as I love going out and talking to my sheep (I call them my girls) all while Purdy dutifully watches over them. Everything was off to a great start the horses were well behave and eating in their stalls while I walked out to do the sheep…