Friday, June 17, 2011

last day on the coolest farm ever ! ! ! ! !


Here I am in the forge making a hook (for the last time)







Today we made really GOOD pizza!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was tasty, it had goat cheese in it.









Today is my last day at farm camp . I am so sad , but I still had a great time . I will miss my goats Wild Berry and Candy soooooooo sooooooooooo much !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, June 16, 2011

4 day of farrm camp












Today my groups chore was to shovel up horse poop. It was smelly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!















I also made a S hook, in blacksmithing . It is really big, smooth, and dark black. I will hang it up soon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


















We learned about bees today. Here we are looking at a part of the hive. The flashlight helped us spot the QUEEN Bee .Sadly she didn't have her crown on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

3 day at farm camp

Today my groups chore was to pick up rocks in the fields. The rocks were pretty heavy , but it was still lots of fun .


Here we are washing goat fur . The buckets were full of very very very very HOT WATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



These are the ducks that wander around the farm. They like to play in the horses water tub.


This is the oldest milking goat on the farm. Her name is Suzanna.She is eleven years old !!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

2 day at the farm


Here I am with Stephen who is helping me make my hook. It was hard , but lots of fun. This was my first time blacksmithing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


These are the bottles of milk for the baby goats to drink.





Today my group's chore for one hour was to clean poop!!!!! It smelled awful !!! We when on a treasure hunt for the yucky poop .

Monday, June 13, 2011

Dairy Goat Parts

(posted by SonRidge Farm)

Make sure to visit the site below, so you can learn the parts of a Dairy goat - as they will be included in the "Dairy Goat Show" this Friday!
http://www.goats4h.com/Java/GoatPartsTest.html

Enjoy!

SonRidge Farm

first day of farm camp

Abby riding patches , I rode after her. It was lots of fun. I was a little scared at first. We got to brush Patches after we all rode.

I am feeding Wild Bery.She is my baby goat to watch and feed . Abby M. and Abby C. and I all have young kids ( baby goats ) so we have to bottle them twice.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

My Assignments

My Milking doe is : Candy
My baby goat (kid) is: Wild Berry Parfait
My team mates are: Abby Mosteller & Trevor McCarthy
I'm on team 1