Angeka On The Farm

CREATING A RURAL LIFE.

Goat Stress

Posted on July 4, 2009 - Filed Under animals, babies, donkey, farm maintenance, goats, names, this sucks! | Leave a Comment

I don’t know who is more traumatized at this point…us or the goats?  I realized I hadn’t yet related this story probably because I was just so over it.  But in memoriam, and to keep a healthy mind and heart, here goes.
Goats are actually pretty hearty and independent creatures.   The only real problems we’ve had:  [...]

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Friday the 13th Part 2

Posted on March 13, 2009 - Filed Under animals, dog, donkey, farm maintenance, goats, horse, moon, superstition, trees | 3 Comments

Thankfully, no Jason or whoever involved.
I don’t consider myself a superstitious person, yet apparently, I am. I don’t walk under ladders. I prefer black cats don’t cross my path. I always throw a pinch of salt over my shoulder when spilled. And though Friday the 13 really isn’t that big a [...]

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Probably too much information

Posted on February 21, 2009 - Filed Under animals, compost, donkey, farm maintenance, fertilizer, food safety, goats, horse, ick!, manure, pasture, vegetables, weather | Leave a Comment

Oh today was a lovely day filled with cool, but not cold, temperatures; clear blue skies; no pestering bugs; birds singing. So how did I spend it? Shoveling sh*t. Sorry, I suppose I could have used a “nicer” word (I do consider myself a G-rated site), but when it comes down to [...]

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Back to life, back to reality

Posted on January 15, 2009 - Filed Under animals, donkey, holiday, home, vacation, weather | Leave a Comment

The holidays are over which means vacation time is over. Toes in the warm sand, drink in one hand (Did I just quote VanHalen?), smell of suntan lotion, waves lapping…just a distant memory. Sorry to leave that, friends and family. Happy to leave the traffic, overwhelming stores and too common pissiness.
My days [...]

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The frozen georgian tundra

Posted on January 15, 2009 - Filed Under animals, dog, donkey, frost, goats, horse, spring, sunflowers, weather | Leave a Comment

Now I know, I know, it’s cold everywhere, even in the frigid south, but hey, it’s my blog, get you’re own!
These are the times when being 40 minutes north of the Florida line and 7 hours above south Florida really count. It’s freakin’ freezing (literally, below) here! Which is bizarre considering last week, we had [...]

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Animal Anarchy

Posted on December 13, 2008 - Filed Under animals, cats, dog, donkey, goats, horse | Leave a Comment

It’s really been a tumultuous few months with the animals. Battles being waged, injuries sustained and sometimes worse.
You know already of the war between the dogs and cats which to my utter dismay the dogs are winning so I won’t go into detail on that. I fear this is an ongoing battle.
We also [...]

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A girl and her horse

Posted on November 9, 2008 - Filed Under animals, cats, donkey, goats, horse | Leave a Comment

Ta-da!  Today for the first time, I sat on Beautiful.  I can’t really say I rode her; it was more like a pony ride.  We did put the bridle on and she took it fine.  Although, I would really like to introduce her to a bitless bridle.  Baby steps…must stay focused.  I got up on [...]

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All I ever wanted was a place in the country

Posted on October 11, 2008 - Filed Under about us, dog, donkey, driving, farm maintenance, home, moon, neighbors, small towns, vacation | 5 Comments

Not really, but I love(d) AdamAnt.
Being a Florida girl at heart, I actually always imagined living on a tropical island so imagine my surprise to find myself here, on a “farmlet” in the country. As you can imagine, but just like anywhere else you choose to live in the world, there are pros…and cons.
TRAFFIC [...]

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Sunday Night Goatball

Posted on September 14, 2008 - Filed Under animals, donkey, farm maintenance, football, goats, pasture, sports | 2 Comments

In the hopes of not being overrun by goats, keeping some sense of sanity within our way too “tightly knit” goat family during mating season, and helping to avoid baby goats that might fit perfectly in scenes from Deliverance (we’ve already got one that’s a bit googly), we finally broke down and gave away two [...]

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Here a horse…there a horse

Posted on March 10, 2008 - Filed Under animals, donkey, horse | 2 Comments

We did it! We got a horse! Actually 2 horses, but 1 will probably go to another home in the summer. And actually, we didn’t do much to get them except say “yes!” We got a call that a couple needed to get rid of their horses. They couldn’t care [...]

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