Comments on: Making Lemonaide out of Lemons http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/making-lemonaide-out-of-lemons/ Our adventure into Homesteading and getting back to basic living. Life is tough, but living doesn't have to be. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:00:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: ohiofarmgirl http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/making-lemonaide-out-of-lemons/#comment-12502 ohiofarmgirl Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:15:17 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=429#comment-12502 hi! while you are at TSC head back to the horse product area and check out the "s" shaped bucket holders for their flat sided buckets. these can be put over a door, divider, or even a hog panel. and they are portable and can be moved around - there are long and short versions. we also have the permanent holders for the flat sided buckets and love them. we made a corner feeder from part of a hog panel - this way the goaties only pull the hay from one side..we seem to think there is less waste. the hay stays in and they eat thru the open squares. we built the milkstand from the fiascofarm site and it works like a dream. we have a sanaan, a petite lamancha, and a mini mancha and it fits them all. we feed bagged food on the stand during the milking season - all they can eat. during the winter we use the S bucket holders to feed our gals. the best designed goat barn i've ever seen had the waterers on the outside of the pens so the goaties had to stick their heads thru the fence to drink.. voila! nobody poops in the water. wish i could do that for ours but we dont have the space. good luck! ps love the site hi!
while you are at TSC head back to the horse product area and check out the “s” shaped bucket holders for their flat sided buckets. these can be put over a door, divider, or even a hog panel. and they are portable and can be moved around - there are long and short versions. we also have the permanent holders for the flat sided buckets and love them.

we made a corner feeder from part of a hog panel - this way the goaties only pull the hay from one side..we seem to think there is less waste. the hay stays in and they eat thru the open squares.

we built the milkstand from the fiascofarm site and it works like a dream. we have a sanaan, a petite lamancha, and a mini mancha and it fits them all. we feed bagged food on the stand during the milking season - all they can eat. during the winter we use the S bucket holders to feed our gals.

the best designed goat barn i’ve ever seen had the waterers on the outside of the pens so the goaties had to stick their heads thru the fence to drink.. voila! nobody poops in the water. wish i could do that for ours but we dont have the space.

good luck!
ps love the site

]]> By: basicliving http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/making-lemonaide-out-of-lemons/#comment-12443 basicliving Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:45:04 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=429#comment-12443 Wow, Shelly. Thank you. You're comment has really made my day. And your blog is just beautiful. Sometimes you have to go away to know what you left behind. How wonderful that you know you are where you need to be. It's beautiful there. I'll be visiting your blog often! Wow, Shelly. Thank you. You’re comment has really made my day. And your blog is just beautiful. Sometimes you have to go away to know what you left behind. How wonderful that you know you are where you need to be. It’s beautiful there. I’ll be visiting your blog often!

]]> By: Shelly http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/making-lemonaide-out-of-lemons/#comment-12442 Shelly Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:07:06 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=429#comment-12442 Have been following you for a little while now and want to say thank you for your beautiful photos and your wonderful thoughts. I am in a huge transition in my life right now and it is just one day at a time and I enjoy all the inspiration that others have to share. I use my blog as somewhat of a gratitude journal and as my eye on the prize so to speak and I love women who inspire which in turn empowers others. Many do not realize the impact that they have and I just wanted to share your little impact on me. Thank You and keep sharing those beautiful pics. Always, Shelly http://featherednestfarm.blogspot.com/ Have been following you for a little while now and want to say thank you for your beautiful photos and your wonderful thoughts. I am in a huge transition in my life right now and it is just one day at a time and I enjoy all the inspiration that others have to share. I use my blog as somewhat of a gratitude journal and as my eye on the prize so to speak and I love women who inspire which in turn empowers others. Many do not realize the impact that they have and I just wanted to share your little impact on me. Thank You and keep sharing those beautiful pics.
Always, Shelly
http://featherednestfarm.blogspot.com/

]]> By: basicliving http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/making-lemonaide-out-of-lemons/#comment-12435 basicliving Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:56:57 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=429#comment-12435 Hey Farmgirl_DK - you're using a new email addy and your post got dumped in the moderator bucket! Sorry for the delay in approving it. And thank you for your suggestions! I joined a goat forum, and several people said they used the same idea to just hang those flat back buckets. Our local feed store and the TSC both carry those buckets and all sort of supplies, so I should be able to easily find them. Do you also put their grain in those buckets? Or do you use other type dishes? It is SO much fun planning for these babies! I just can not wait until they get here. I am *hoping* we can go a couple weeks with no snow so Bernie can get started on the goat barn. Hey Farmgirl_DK - you’re using a new email addy and your post got dumped in the moderator bucket! Sorry for the delay in approving it. And thank you for your suggestions! I joined a goat forum, and several people said they used the same idea to just hang those flat back buckets. Our local feed store and the TSC both carry those buckets and all sort of supplies, so I should be able to easily find them. Do you also put their grain in those buckets? Or do you use other type dishes? It is SO much fun planning for these babies! I just can not wait until they get here. I am *hoping* we can go a couple weeks with no snow so Bernie can get started on the goat barn.

]]> By: basicliving http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/making-lemonaide-out-of-lemons/#comment-12381 basicliving Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:33:01 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=429#comment-12381 Mel - Wait till you see those babies here... you'll be buying that ticket to America for sure! Amy - the link to your website does not work! What is the url? Mel - Wait till you see those babies here… you’ll be buying that ticket to America for sure!

Amy - the link to your website does not work! What is the url?

]]> By: Amy http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/making-lemonaide-out-of-lemons/#comment-12380 Amy Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:26:17 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=429#comment-12380 It is tough when the weather keeps you from doing those things that we are so eager to get done. I guess spring will come soon enough and we will be wishing for just one lazy winter day to rest :). I have goats but we have never really had anything fancy for them. I just have various containers usually ones that are lower to the ground. They don't really knock them over. I would say a manger would work just fine for hay. But I am one to save any where I can and just use what I have. That is just my 2 cents :). I thought I remember reading on here that you were wanting to put in raised beds and cold frames so I thought you might enjoy my latest post talking about us turning on of our garden boxes into a cold frame. I hope you get to bring those babies home soon! It is tough when the weather keeps you from doing those things that we are so eager to get done. I guess spring will come soon enough and we will be wishing for just one lazy winter day to rest :). I have goats but we have never really had anything fancy for them. I just have various containers usually ones that are lower to the ground. They don’t really knock them over. I would say a manger would work just fine for hay. But I am one to save any where I can and just use what I have. That is just my 2 cents :). I thought I remember reading on here that you were wanting to put in raised beds and cold frames so I thought you might enjoy my latest post talking about us turning on of our garden boxes into a cold frame. I hope you get to bring those babies home soon!

]]> By: Farmgirl_dk http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/making-lemonaide-out-of-lemons/#comment-12358 Farmgirl_dk Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:01:53 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=429#comment-12358 So... for Pete and Reggie's water, I use a screw eye (http://www.horsetackinternational.com/screw-eye.html?zenid=4d89bd3cb1cf5faee2fa2d37a95bc09d) in the barn wall with a double end bolt snap (http://www.horsetackinternational.com/double-end-snap.html) and attach it to the handle of a flat back bucket (http://www.enasco.com/product/C08258N). Works well and they've never tipped their water. This is what I use in the llama and donkey stalls as well. The feeder I use is a wall mounted hay feeder with a trough (this is a catch pan at the bottom that reduces hay waste) similar to this one: http://www.mpic.net/Store/index.php?productID=1191 It's fun to plan for the little cuties, isn't it? :-) (I don't shop at any of these places - these are just what came up when I queried in Google) :-) So… for Pete and Reggie’s water, I use a screw eye (http://www.horsetackinternational.com/screw-eye.html?zenid=4d89bd3cb1cf5faee2fa2d37a95bc09d) in the barn wall with a double end bolt snap (http://www.horsetackinternational.com/double-end-snap.html) and attach it to the handle of a flat back bucket (http://www.enasco.com/product/C08258N). Works well and they’ve never tipped their water. This is what I use in the llama and donkey stalls as well.

The feeder I use is a wall mounted hay feeder with a trough (this is a catch pan at the bottom that reduces hay waste) similar to this one: http://www.mpic.net/Store/index.php?productID=1191

It’s fun to plan for the little cuties, isn’t it? :-)
(I don’t shop at any of these places - these are just what came up when I queried in Google) :-)

]]> By: marmitetoasty http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/making-lemonaide-out-of-lemons/#comment-12351 marmitetoasty Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:10:04 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=429#comment-12351 I aint envious, nope, not one bit........... bloody cow LMFAO x I aint envious, nope, not one bit……….. bloody cow LMFAO

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