Neyman Family Blog

Monday, July 2, 2012

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Noah & Boys

The boys still love the trampoline - especially since we dug it into the ground last fall.

This is my nightly massage.

Noah is nuts.

Monday, February 20, 2012

Here is our wood supply getting low. Justin and Max go out with the cart every few days to load up the house. We had to clear out the main area of the upper barn to fit the worm incubators in until the other barn is done.

Kyle loading shredded paper into the worm bins.

And Kyle posing by a truckload of horse manure - which of course worms love to eat.

And here is the upper upper barn for the worms and composting facility.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Pinewood Derby

Justin had his last pinewood derby race and designed the coolest car ever... an actual miniature pinewood derby race track with his car winning on the track - and win he did by about a car length ahead of the number 2 car.

Here is a closeup of the mini cars that he sculpted out of clay. You can't see it but on the little car's racetrack is the same scene repeated. Justin says it goes down to the atomic level.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Chores

Everyday there are a gazzilion chores to do... feed the horse, feed the goats, move goats to pasture, feed the dog, feed the cats (nevermind the cats - they can take care of themselves), protect dog food from cats, milk the goats, milk the goats again, strain milk, make kefir out of milk, collect the eggs, chase the chickens out of the hay, clean turkey poop out of the barn, water all the animals, kill a chicken...

It never ends. Sometimes we feel like slaves but it is worth it being self-sustaining with so many things even though it makes no sense financially. Chores keep us grounded.

Rope swing in the lower hay barn

Mayday and Brownie - Alpine goats and great milkers...

This is the milking stand Justin and I made. The goats jump up with the snap of a finger.

Max, the barn warrior

The ninja warrior thing continues....

This is Blackie, he thinks he is tough stuff and he is the smallest rooster in the barn... one of those little bantams.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Life on the Farm

Finally getting some paint on the barn...

The egg on the right is a purchased "cage free, all-natural, omega-3 blah-blah" egg. The egg on the left is from our chickens. Color and clarity is no match. I assume it is better for us too.