What's Happening On The Farm?

We've been busy these past couple of weeks with fencing, craft shows, etc. The fencing is coming along well for a new paddock. We got all the corners set in two days, cemented and braced. Next came the wire. We are only fencing in the afternoon doing a few hundred feet a day. With it getting dark around 5:00 PM, that just gives us a few hours to work. So far, we have the entire front line done. Today we will be stretching more wire. Between the rain and days that we can't work, it seems like it is moving slow but at least now you can see that progress is being made and the end is in sight. Last Saturday afternoon, at Round Peak Vineyard, we sold lots of soap. It was the coldest day of the year so far. That morning, it was 18 degrees in Mt. Airy. The wine tasting and craft show was outside at the vineyard and it made for a very long, cold day! That evening a Nigerian Dwarf doe was delivered to me from Pennsylvania and two of my doe kids and a buck kid went back to her farm. Bella is a pretty one year old "blue" doe with blue eyes. Yesterday some Nigerian Dwarf kids born. I've got nine more does due beginning January 1 from my buck Dude. This is the first time that I have used Dude for breeding and I'm anxious to see his kids. I've got two first timers in this group who will be kidding. Rabbit and guinea pig sales are up. It seems that Santa will be bringing lots of rabbits and guinea pigs this year. Santa will be picking them up from our farm on Christmas Eve for delivery later than night. That's it for today! On to the chores for today - - - feeding, fencing and winterizing.