We have another milk cow!! (pics inside)
Posted: November 1st, 2008, 3:13 am
Oletimer asked about an update on cows and canning 
God has done an amazing thing. The dairy man from whom we bought Daisy has, out of the goodness of his heart, let us borrow another milk cow to milk for a couple of months! Can you believe it? God is so kind and gives gifts that I don't deserve. We'll milk her until the end of December, when she needs to be dried off for calving. My plan is to freeze up lots of milk to see us through for a few months! If she works out for us, we may buy her next year. Her name is Sweetheart, and she is a very, gentle, calm milker.
Here she is. We just got her Thursday. (Ignore the picture dates. My daughter's camera date is always off.)
Izzy is doing very well. She is so sweet; she is like a puppy dog. Very affectionate and very bouncy. She is 5 weeks old, and she loves her bottle! lol.
Here is the bucket of milk from this morning's milking. lol
Yes, we are eating our preserved food. I've started putting straw and manure on the garden for next year, and today I'm putting up apples and pumpkins.
Here are some pictures of this summer's garden; it makes me eager for summer again...
Thanks for asking, Oletimer. Can you believe it--how God has provided us with another milk cow? It leaves me speechless.
Blessings,
Tracy
God has done an amazing thing. The dairy man from whom we bought Daisy has, out of the goodness of his heart, let us borrow another milk cow to milk for a couple of months! Can you believe it? God is so kind and gives gifts that I don't deserve. We'll milk her until the end of December, when she needs to be dried off for calving. My plan is to freeze up lots of milk to see us through for a few months!
If she works out for us, we may buy her next year. Her name is Sweetheart, and she is a very, gentle, calm milker.
Here she is. We just got her Thursday. (Ignore the picture dates. My daughter's camera date is always off.)
Izzy is doing very well. She is so sweet; she is like a puppy dog. Very affectionate and very bouncy. She is 5 weeks old, and she loves her bottle! lol.
Here is the bucket of milk from this morning's milking. lol
Yes, we are eating our preserved food. I've started putting straw and manure on the garden for next year, and today I'm putting up apples and pumpkins.
Here are some pictures of this summer's garden; it makes me eager for summer again...
Thanks for asking, Oletimer. Can you believe it--how God has provided us with another milk cow? It leaves me speechless.
Blessings,
Tracy
