Farmin' in the Backyard

Here's a video of Julie's backyard farm.  She has goats folks!  

That's right!  Horizontal eyed, chew on anything, two toe, cloven hoofed goats!   And chickens!!  And the cutest angora furred bunny in the world!  IT'S SO FLUFFY!

Those chickens have a job, so do those lovely goats as does the FLUFFY BUNNY!  Julie spins her own wool from that angora bunny fur.  Perhaps some of you remember when she shared her hand spinning wheel with us last term.  It's called a drop spindle!

All of this in her very own backyard.  It's like a dream come true for all of us permaculturephiles!  So I say, "I've been to the mountain top!"  It's in Julie's backyard!

Our permaculture principle #2 is Catch and Store Energy: Make hay while the sun shines.  Well I was inspired by how Julie is catching and storing energy.  She's making lifestyle choices that enrich her life and will provide energy for her to catch and store.  The goats will offer milk, chickens will lay eggs (when this cold weather lets up) and that FLUFFY BUNNY

will give us infinite cuteness to warm our hearts and its fur to warm our ears, heads and toes.  Oh yeah, here's the new album cover for our new Bluegrass band

Yep, that's Baby and Sweetheart posing for our album cover. Really, they just want to chew on my camera.  Look at those eyes!

David Holmgren writes, "In a time of rapid change and short-term thinking we need to rebuild the aspect of our culture that emphasises (he's from Australia; that's how they spell down there; I wonder if zoo is soo?) caring for the future, as well as deciding what is worth investing in for the benefit of our grandchildren and descendants."  

These types of choices: raising goats, sheet mulching, biking, composting, and gardening all give us hope and ground us in a more intentional way of life that does not feed into the NOW culture.  When we decide to invest in activities that will positively affect the lives of future generations, we add value to the world, to our lives and to lives around us.  The principle of catch and store energy allows us to envision a future that will benefit from the work we do today.  Julie's farm allows us to envision a future full of backyard farms!
Possible band names?
Nibblin' Goats
Strummin' N Milkin'
Cloven Pickin'