Living the Good Life on 3 Acres in Nelson

In Nelson, a frosty start like this generally melts into a gorgeous day.. which it has.

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A very excited hubby squealed at me from the paddock early this morning.. Lulu had just given birth to twins.. a boy & a girl.  I think I will name them LindyLu & Luwis (coz I have this thing of naming babies after their parents so I can remember their lineage later).  Anyway, they are […]

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Just thought I’d share a few pictures I’ve been taking today…   I showed you Lulu & her man visitor back in August.  I am delighted to say we are fairly convinced that she is not just fat this year & that we are expecting kids in January.  I couldn’t actually capture her size in […]

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I forgot to tell you… back in August… our 3 year old goat, Lulu, was getting VERY vocal about wanting a romantic liason so a kind friend offered the loan of her Saanen buck.  We just had him here for 3 days as it was love at first sight for Lenny & Lulu.  Jane, our […]

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I’ve been having a bit of a bake up this week.. the banana loaves are very popular with everyone here & disappear quickly.  They are very handy for the boys lunches.  In case you are wondering how I have such a big supply of overripe bananas… I buy bags of salad bananas when they are […]

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This season I’ve decided I’m going to follow the moon calendar with my plantings & see how it works out.  I started on July 20 by planting some root vegetables.. swedes and carrots.  I have got handy hubby on the job of making me a plastic covered cloche to keep them warm… and.. to keep […]

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Well, it seems that Lulu is not going to produce any babies for us after her 6 week visit with the buck last year.    She is giving us 3 litres of milk a day, bless her, in spite of never giving birth (its called a maiden milker).  Im quite disappointed tho .. aside from […]

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Well, we are coming to terms with ZhaZha’s loss earlier this week & are now looking forward to choosing a new member of our animal family. I’ve been talking to some lovely local goat breeding folk, learnt a bit more, & there are several girls for us to inspect over the next few days so […]

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Well, doesnt look like we are going to be having any beautiful coloured baby goats as I’d hoped. Lulu looked to be in season earlier this week .. she was bleating & rubbing up to Andy, our male donkey, so guess the 6 weeks she had with the buck was unsuccessful AND she’s come into […]

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Things have been busy around here… We’ve had a nice (but smelly) buck visit our 2 young goats, ZhaZha ( Saanen/ Nubian) & Lulu (Toggenburg/Saanen).  Im hoping for some coloured babies. Our old Saanen goat, Rosie, who came from the SPCA at an unknown age, we decided was too old to be mated again.  She […]

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