The Egg and I

Last weekend I attended a Master Goat Farmer Class to learn all about Rasing Goats.
I drove to the Jefferson County WSU Facility at Nordland,WA. On my way there I passed
by a Road named the Egg and I Rd. I couldnt believe it. Could it be that is is the road named
after Betty MacDonald The Author of the book the Egg and I??. That day I was running late
so I did'nt stop but the next day, I stopped and took this Picture.

I drove down the road and found a guy on a three wheeler and asked about the history and he said,
ya the orginal MacDonald homestead was about half a mile up the road but that it was torn down
a few years ago and a new house was built in it's place.... How cool is that!!

Wild Life

A few months ago I was walking the property
when I spotted these deer.  They were very calm
and almost posed for me. Time will tell
if  these deer are a blessing Or curse :)

A Overview

here is a picture of a Ariel View of our new Farm
The Second is a Topo Map View. As you can see,
we have a small Hill.

New Fencing and More...

Over the last few weeks we have been working on a new fence, Driveway and power. Last week I resolved a potential problem with the power company and got the last few corner Posts up. Still have to install cross brace and wire then the fence is ready to go up. I have had to adjust my fence plan as a few of the fence posts wound up in a wet area and just won't hold up so I'm going short of the property line until I can figure out a solution. The Picture on the bottom to the right shows the new power pole. Meanwhile We are in the process of moving my wife's friend from Klamath Falls Oregon to our farm where she will be the farm manager.

Our new LDG

This weekend I went to Madison Georgia and picked up our new livestock dog. Her name is Maxi and she is 9 mos old but weighs 110 lbs and is bigger than our 2 yr old Rotweillier here she is chillin in her new digs

New beginnnngs

                                                                               

Before Timber Harvest

After Timber Harvest

We have finally done it.... we just bought 5 acres here in Port Orchard Washington. and with the new farm to be we have decided to change our farm name. I believe that we are going to name it Phoneix Farms. Due in great part of the fact that the funds for this purchase came from the sale of timber on my dad's property ( he passed away almost two years ago. When he was alive, he was opposed to cutting down the trees but last year we found out that the a few trees were infested by bark beatles an the whole stand was threatened  and doomed to become firewood. so my brother decided to have it harvested this year. so, with the death of of legacy I am starting a new one a rebirth as it were.
I will Make a account of my Familiy"s Farming history in later Posts.

Is it spring yet??

BRRR On March 6th it snowed about 1" at our place. Now if I were in the Northeast then that would not be suprising, but here in the Great Pacific Northwest, It should be spring. Event today it is in the 40's when it should be in the 50's
I have been furiously working on my website (http:www.superiortraceminerals.com)
updating my prices and adding paypal buy it now buttons in it's continuing evoultions
to a full featured website. I gottta tell you after speding hours of building all those paypal butons my assement is that Paypal sucks. I can't tell you how many endless hours I'v spent updating and testing those buy it now buttons. they are not as great as their cracked up to be. if you have a few items I guess their ok, but if you have a hundred or so items like I do, then it's a pain in the ass. I am in the process of switching over to a new hosting site that offers a full featured shopping cart. but that also takes time to set up. So for now,I'm stuck with paypal.