{"id":341,"date":"2015-06-02T11:20:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T15:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/halfastfarm.com\/?p=341"},"modified":"2015-06-02T11:20:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T15:20:08","slug":"halfast-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/halfastfarm.com\/?p=341","title":{"rendered":"HalfAst Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being true to the farm name has been easy &#8211; we&#8217;ve been quite half-assed about updating the blog!\u00a0 It&#8217;s time to change that, though.<\/p>\n<p>Last year around this time, we signed a contract to purchase a home.\u00a0 The sellers were an ordeal in themselves, but we were steadfast and we survived!\u00a0 We really love the new homestead, and the location is perfect.\u00a0 We had been admiring this place from our old house the whole time we lived there.\u00a0 There&#8217;s a lot of work to do, always, but we are grateful for our new home, and enjoying the space and freedoms it allows us.<\/p>\n<p>The garden:\u00a0 It&#8217;s the largest we&#8217;ve ever had; we&#8217;re looking forward to a bountiful harvest for\u00a0canning, freezing, eating, and sharing.\u00a0 Night before last, we had the first zucchini of the season with dinner.\u00a0 It was delicious!<\/p>\n<p>The animals: The new house came with a beautiful India Blue peacock we call Bill, and numerous Guinea fowl.\u00a0 I&#8217;m in the market for a peahen lady friend for Bill, if you know of any available.\u00a0 We still have the New Zealand meat rabbits, hens, and honeybees.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We&#8217;ve added more pullets (two of the kids are participating in Chick Chain with 4-H), current could is 19 for the kids and 7 for me, in addition to the 4 remaining hens.\u00a0 Abby recently took an interest in the 4-H sheep project, so last month we bought 4 lambs &#8211; 3 ewes and a ram.\u00a0 This past weekend we purchased 2 young calves &#8211; a red Angus and a baldy (Hereford \/ black Angus cross).\u00a0 We&#8217;re looking forward to adding more calves and possibly swine to the homestead.<\/p>\n<p>So that&#8217;s it for now &#8211; we&#8217;ll try to be a little less half-assed with updates!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/halfastfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/bill.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-342\" src=\"http:\/\/halfastfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/bill-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"bill\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/halfastfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/bill-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/halfastfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/bill.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/halfastfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/calves.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-343\" src=\"http:\/\/halfastfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/calves-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"calves\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/halfastfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/calves-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/halfastfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/calves.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/halfastfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/rabbits.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-344\" src=\"http:\/\/halfastfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/rabbits-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"rabbits\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/halfastfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/rabbits-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/halfastfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/rabbits.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/halfastfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sheep.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-345\" src=\"http:\/\/halfastfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sheep-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"sheep\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/halfastfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sheep-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/halfastfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sheep-690x518.jpg 690w, http:\/\/halfastfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sheep.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being true to the farm name has been easy &#8211; we&#8217;ve been quite half-assed about updating the blog!\u00a0 It&#8217;s time to change that, though. 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