Day 2 at farm 1

Today we woke and had breakfast together at 8 am. By that time, Doug had already been up for 3 hours and had finished the morning feeding and milking! We decided that the kids (the baby goats) needed a walk, so we took 11 kids out of the barn and they didn't want to do anything except go back inside. They like to be together, so if Pramod went into the group and started running towards the rest of us he could usually encourage 1 or 2 to follow him, and that might bring another goat. However, once they saw the large group back by the barn, they usually ran away again. At least they got outside...

Since the goats were all set for the time being, we went to work in the huge garden. There are about 15 plots the size of our garden at home and the plants are thriving. We did a lot of weeding and covering the weeded ground in between the plants with paper and mulch from the goats' pens.

I haven't been so dirty since I was little.

After 4 hours in the hot sun, we at a huge lunch (that's something I haven't mentioned--the food is so good here!), and went swimming in the Mississippi with Justin, the other WWOOFer who came on the same day that we came.

At around 5 pm, it was goat work again. It's nice to have an activity that is repetitive and daily, so that we can work and know what we're doing which feels like we're being productive and helpful rather than burdensome. Once again, I'm really enjoying these goats.