May 18, 2009

A cool day but dry. I had closed all the windows yesterday and I turned on the heat for a while today. We are expecting frost tonight so we will have to cover the plants.

Dusty left to run errands, see about a job and look at some goats we might buy. I left soon after to get dogfood, pick up some plants and have some brochures run off. We both got home early in the afternoon. I picked up the house since I did not clean today, fed Emma Lee her bottle and did my typing for the day.

Dusty and Donny decided to buy the goats. Dusty thought they looked pretty good. They are mostly Boer with a couple of Nubians in the herd. I will probably keep the Nubian and her two babies so we will have cheese, ice cream and fudge this summer. Dusty will pick them up tomorrow.

I waited until Donny got home to feed. Bubbarina is still coming to the barn to be fed grain so I let her in. We will put the new goats in Fanny's (Belted Galloway) barn and lot so we will have to find a new place for her to eat her grain and silage.

After feeding we got the plants covered for the night. Dusty practiced his roping with the neighbors while we all visited.

Calamity is still not eating her grain. We will put her in one of the grassy pastures to see how she does there.