Angel Arias Silk Tree Farm Reflection 3/25/13
Today
was actually much better than some other, more dreary days. I’m hoping
that this kind of weather keeps up so that we can be doing as much
outdoor things as possible. Morning consisted of CDT shots for the
goats, preventive inoculation so that the goats were immune to sickness
and in addition to what it did, it also protected them from an
overeating disorder that goats can develop. It was mostly the kids that
were getting the shot, and for the most part they weren’t really a fan
of being separated and given shots. Some were a bit less feisty and
difficult than others, especially so for the adults. The shots were to
be administered to a certain part of the goat, closer to the backside,
and after they were given the spot was have to be rubbed earnestly for a
bit of time to prevent infection. They took their shots gracefully
while locked in the milking stand, distracted while gnawing away at some
goat feed. I was more observant than participating, Tom was holding the
baby goats and Cathy was distributing the shots. After this, we had
some more peas to plant; the old ones had somehow rotted into the ground
and not planted properly. The begetter of this issue wasn’t really
known, maybe it had to do with the age of the seeds, perhaps something
else had messed the seeds while they were in the ground. Regardless, we
also planted the pea seeds and went to the Greenhouse. In the
Greenhouse, we took a look at the progress that the plants we’d
previously planted. Then we gathered a bunch of compost for the potatoes
that we would also be planting that day, but not before digging the
ditches that the potatoes would go in. Potatoes need ditches because
their roots grow up when they develop as a plant and procreate new
potatoes. After planting in the potatoes and layering them with ample
compost, we moved on to something else. We started planting carrots in
the same area, along the fenceline that separated the land from the
other plants.
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