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Apr 20
How We Found Fun During 2020 2021 Pandemic.
Hay Now! Welcome back to our channel. Hope you are all doing well and starting to feel like life is heading in a more normal direction. I have filmed lots of little clips during 2020 and 2021 of how we found ways to have fun while we spent most of our days on the farm. …
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Jan 27
Oops Shakira Did It Again: Move over Madonna. Here Comes Lady Gaga (Goat).
It has been a bit since I uploaded a video, but I have a cute little video of our now grown bottle baby, Shakira and her newest baby. Her last video with her other daughter, Madonna, was such I hit. I wanted to keep sharing her story on the farm. We hope you enjoy this …
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Nov 19
What You Missed While We Were Away…
Hay Now! As promised from our previous video I would have a video of all our bouncing Halloween baby goats born in October. We had one super cold week (of course the week most were born) but we kept them warm in the barn until the temperature bounced back up. They are growing quickly and …
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Nov 11
Hay Now! Quick update video 2020
Hay Now! I wanted to pop this quick video up to give you a glimpse of what we have been up to the past month. I took a break from editing in order to focus on home schooling little man. Plus we needed to finish up hay season and we have a bunch of October …
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Sep 16
Black Walnuts: Come Explore With Us
Hay Now! Welcome back to our channel. Farm kid and I are using a home school curriculum called Blossom & Root which focuses on learning through play and nature in the Early Years. This week we are learning about our native trees. So I thought it would be fun to discover black walnuts which are …
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Sep 02
Not Just Square Bales: Why We Round Bale Our Hay Too.
Hay Now! Welcome back to our channel. I started to film this back in the beginning our hay season and then never had a chance to edit the video of our round bale hay. So I filmed a quick update clip and sat down to work to get this film edited and uploaded. As you …
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Aug 17
Organic Square Bale Hay Versus the Rain: What We Do If It Rains on Hay Days.
Hay Now! Welcome back to our channel. Another dry weather window (or so we thought) means another hay cutting on the farm. We cut one of our smaller fields and were planning to avoid the heat and stack the bales early evening because we head a week of dry weather predicted. Welp, the skies decided …
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Aug 12
Reviewing a KiwiCo Box Pt. 1 – Cloud Pillow. Easy Homeschooling Ideas for New Home School Parents
Hay Now! We are starting home school this year for Ollie. I have been starting to plan out his preschool program and have seen a lot of cool enrichment activities and subscription boxes. Having taught elementary school for a number of years, I thought it would be fun to share some activities and home school …
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Aug 10
New Stud in Town: Meet Little Boy Blue
Hay Now! Welcome back to our channel. A little over a week ago we welcomed a new stud to the farm. He’s just a little guy now, but by next year he will be the big Stud on the farm. He’s full blooded Kiko and a totally new gene line to our herd. We are …
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Aug 02
A Very Avenger Birthday – Birthday Haul & Celebration
Hay Now! Welcome back to our channel. It is celebration time on the farm for our farm kid. Ollie had his birthday and even though we had to celebrate it at home without friends this year, it was a blast! We had a lot of Avengers visit and just really enjoyed our day. Hope you …
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