The rivers aren't the only thing flooding here in North East Iowa as summer takes a firm hold on our lives. Reports of exploding mosquito populations are in the paper, as those needle-nosed pests find a million extra breeding grounds in our soaked earth.
I have never been more thankful for our resident Muscovy duck population. Muscovies love mosquito larvae and we rarely hear that dreaded whine thanks to their tastes!
Rainbow Gate Farm is well above the river and although we flooded with rainwater twice this spring, if the river ever reaches us, we'd better have an ark waiting!
Kidding season is over and one-hundred-and-fifty growing baby girl goats will join our milking herd next winter, boosting our numbers to 395 milkers.
2 comments:
OH MY GOODNESS. i have 6, 5 born and sold this year, my jaw dropped when i read 159... wow. and wow with the total number of milkers. all at the same time?
:-) We have nine milking units. So we milk groups of twenty at a time. Takes about two hours to do the milking.
Thank you so much for reading!
Janilou
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