Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Learn to Farm

I had an idea the other day. We often have people tell us that they would like to learn some of the stuff we do on the farm such as taking care of animals, gardening, etc. It gave me the idea that when we have stuff that people might be interested in helping with, we should plan on doing those things on Saturdays and invite people to come out and help/learn if they want. This isn't a situation that we are saying we need help to do these things (although extra help is always nice). We just thought we would open it up so if people had interest in what we are doing they can come check it out. So, this weekend will be our first "Learn to Farm" Saturday. This Saturday, we are planning on doing goat care. We are going to check all the goats to see if their hooves need to be trimmed, check to see if they need to be wormed and worm if needed, and castrate the baby goats that need to be castrated. Sounds like fun doesn't it. If this sounds like something you might be interested in checking out, send us an email or leave a comment and I will let you know what time. Who knows we might even let you stay for dinner. If it rains all day Saturday, we will do it a different day.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

you know, I got really exited reading your post. The closest I ever get to helping out on a farm is reading blogs and occasionally visiting open farms.

so yeah, I was dead exited. Until I remembered that your farm is in Arkasas.... and 8+ hour flight away over a very large ocean.

darn it! Never mind. I still love reading your blog

Josh and Margo said...

That is awesome that you read our blog and we don't even know you, and you live in the UK. If you are ever in the U.S. and are close to Arkansas, you are welcome to come check out our farm and stay a night if you want.

Anonymous said...

This is such a good idea. Walt and I talk all the time about how we'd like to know how to do basic farming stuff. I'm not sure about all the goat business... but I would love to know about gardening and canning, and lots of other stuff you guys do. Maybe we can catch a "Learn to Farm" session next time we're in the States? :)
This is a great idea!
annie