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A Very Busy Month

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I think it’s quite possible this has been the first and only time I’ve gone a month without creating a Post! 

Yes! It’s been that busy! 

To be honest, I really don’t even know where to start! 

Guess it’s also only been about twenty three days since our last Post! Let me see if I can bring you up-to-date…

Pete caught his first, and second, mouse! 

The Goats have mostly all moved from Woodland Pastures to Green Grass and are Foraging on Browse in old hay fields on a property we call “The Barn”. 

It’s also the first time Briden Farm Goats have actually had a Barn! 

We’ve been asked, and started, farming a friends property to help keep it from further reverting from farmland to scrub and forest, by using our Goats and Pigs to help enrich the old hay fields with rotational pastures and regenerative farming methods. 

We’ve started filling “The Barn” with Hay for Winter feed.

Our whole operation has expanded and we’re now managing and growing and have expanded our numbers of Goats, Pigs, Ducks, Chickens, and Rabbits! Doing so on two properties in two Counties!

Thankfully the two properties are only a mile apart! 

It’s also helped move us closer to a couple of our goals. Using our animals to help clear and improve other properties using regenerative farming practices. One of our friends refers to it as, “Goats On The Go”. However, we. Au have to change that name a bit, as the name has already been used, as that link shows. I do see They have affiliates so we may look at that. Although we are pretty independent and it’s as easy as using a different name! However, there may be benefits, to becoming their affiliate. The other goal is to become a place for Boarding other people’s animals. One of the challenges to boarding is space. The space situation has, at least in part, been at least partly solved.

So, time will tell as to our best path forward! 

If you really know me, You’ll know that I live my life, and therefore our homestead and farming practices, as we feel led. Recognizing a Higher Power, whom we choose to call God. We’ll continue to seek God’s direction in all areas of our Life. 

We will of course, continue to welcome friends, family. and others, to come embrace, the fun, at Briden Farm where the tea is always on, and the coffee is not far behind! 

To Book a Tour of Briden Farm, please call Brian at Briden Farm, 902-907-0770. 

It’s also now even more necessary for us to call on You for your support! Although we are, at least in part, a traditional  farm, we are also in part working to improve the lives of animals and fowl by giving them the best life possible for as long as possible while employing rotational pastures and regenerative farming measures. Thus we’re requesting you’re help with our ongoing efforts and asking you to Buy Me A Coffee (or Sponsor a Goat, or one of our other friends). Click Here for More Info

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Weed Tea

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Weed Tea

This Post features a Briden Farm Garden Tour done 11 August 2022. It’s of our main garden where we’ve pastured pigs, goats, and chickens. Goats and Pigs last year, and chickens in April of this year. We use no Commercial Chemical Fertilizer, and mainly Weed Tea!

No! No! Not that Weed! 

Here’s what I mean… 

See, when You weed your garden, you save the weeds! The weeds, while they’re growing, are sucking the micronutrients out of the soil. So, when you pull the weeds, don’t just toss them aside. Put them in a half bucket of water for a week or so. Then pour it off, or strain the weeds out of it. Then add water, so half weed tea and half fresh water. Then use that mix for watering the garden. It replaces the micronutrients.

I use half tea, half fresh water, to help insure it’s not to hot, or to strong, for the plants. I also do similar teas with the waste left over when we go flounder fishing. Thus creating our own liquid fish fertilizer. 

So, most all of our fertilizer in the garden is from Weed Tea and a bit of our own Liquid Fish Fertilizer, which we call Seafood Chowder

 

Homemade Linguine, Fresh Zucchini, and Muscovy Duck

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Handmade Pasta Linguini, Zucchini, and Muscovy Duck

At Briden Farm, We love Watkins Products because they’re so fresh and tasty! Even the Salad Dressing Mixes add a certain zing to a meal!

After cooking our Homemade Linguine, to Al Dente, I added it to the Cast Iron Frying Pan and sautéed it in Watkins Italian Salad Dressing!

After it was done, I added the Duck from the slow cooker, and browned the meat in the frying pan.

While, in another frying pan, cast iron of course, I lightly grilled our cut up, garden fresh, zucchini! Then added it as a side; but only after dropping a few blueberries in the pan to be warmed with it. Adding a touch of colour and sweetness! 

If You’d like more info on Watkins Products, or earning an income with Watkins, like we do, visit …Just Go Natural 

Nanna Freshens and Has Two Kids

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Nanna with Romeo and Terry

Nanna is our Nigerian Dwarf Goat Doe. Nanna come to Briden Farm August 22, 2020. Recently Nanna freshened, that what they call it when a goat has a baby, or babies. 

Nanna gave us two little Bucklings, Robbie and Nickie, in March of 2021, and more recently, on July 6, 2022 Nanna gave us a little Buckling, Romeo, and the first little Doeling to be born at Briden Farm, Terry! The little Doeling named after our dear friend in Moncton. 

Here’s a look at our newest little ones… 

Would You like to come spend time with our Goats while relaxing on a Woodland Hillside? Call Brian at 902-907-0770 to book your visit.