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Milk Production Testing?

Milking Tinkerbell

Now that the does have been bred for 2013 (see Kidding Schedule), it’s time to think about drying them off.  But, it’s said that you shouldn’t dry off does prematurely as that will shorten the length of all their future lactations.  We were considering going on milk test next year, so we don’t want to do that - but also wondered whether milk testing would be worthwhile – would the does have earned their AR (Advanced Registry) milk stars if we’d tested this year?

The AR star is earned by a doe when the herd goes on official DHI (Dairy Herd Improvement) milk test and the doe produces the [...]

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December 12th, 2012 | Leave a comment

Watermelon Success

Previously, watermelon has not done particularly well in our garden – generally the growing season’s over before the watermelon are ripe.  However, this year I used the old heirloom variety called Crimson Sweet, and we’ve been happily eating watermelon for several weeks.

Crimson Sweet is described as an AAS winner (1964) that’s crisp and sweet; has medium-red flesh and mild flavor; and is a very popular, old heirloom.  The packet says the variety takes 85 days to mature.  I started the seeds indoors; hardened the transplants off, and then planted them in the garden after all chance of frost was over.

They vines [...]

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October 20th, 2010 | One comment so far
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