Jimmie Montana

Hi from Montana,  Im originally from the Seattle area 30 years ago.  I am interested in participating and maybe a montana base for like minded people.  Small sustainable organic farm on the grid with one old person seeking partner or partners

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Hi I raise goats and some love to eat cigs but I would not rely on that as a dewormer , Some do not eat it.  It would be hard to dose in a measured amount. Fiasco Farms website has info on natural dewormers.

Hi Is there a list here of folks who have scion wood for sale?
I have lots of NW Montana grown wood at half the price of big nurseries. 2$

Trades and plant collectors welcome.

PM for variety and lets talk!

I have beautiful scion wood for apple, pear, peach, plum and others.  Not a internet social media person and find these site a difficult navigation so please repost or write to m if I posted incorrectly.  GRAFTER  Grafting is easy.... a pocket knife and electric tape or flagging tape even works!  Wrap em tight seal open cuts so nothing dehydrates.  PM if you want to talk about grafting, varieties and buy sticks at $2 ea

Hi Again, Just posting more to see if there is an interest here locally in western Montana a for goat friends... for goat discussions. They are part of my permaculture sustainable living lifestyle.

Did you know goat milk from Swiss breeds  often have the strongest goaty flavor in the milk?  They are bred to have strong flavored milk....I guess that's an acquired taste. I seek the light sweet clean tasting milkers. It is an inheritable trait as is production, butterfat and shape of the teats for ease of milking.

Goat health management is very unique to the area located. In Western Montana it is necessary to give a copper supplement or they will fail. Copper bolus your goats and see the parasite resistance, hair color improve and fur coat grow. Fertility is also affected.  This deficency is due to copper antagonists in the soils and lack of the mineral in the soil.

for info   https://thriftyhomesteader.com/goats-and-copper-deficiency/

https://threelittlegoats.com/copper-deficiency-in-goats/

Anyone raising Boer Goats in Western Montana? Want to?  Got Goats? I grow winter squashes to feed goats.  These boer bucks need a home or be   made into good clean meat.

More reasons to avoid goats...
Think its a way to make money? Haha break even if you do not count fencing costs maybe...
It is not real soothing to hear bucks screaming like they are being eaten alive because they cant be with the girls all the time...
Weaning time  everyone is screaming like they are in pain.

Once A neighbor came to my farm because they thought one of my animals were trapped or hurt cause he was screaming all day.  

Oh and Montana snow can be so deep they have to be in a barn all winter of suffer and die...  Ya know Boer Goats are from South Africa.... Whos idea was it anyway to take them to frigid north lands?  Are you a goat vet? well you might have to become one. Montana vets might kill your goat with Micotil. Fatal antibiotic cause heart attack in a goat. Two times it happened in 6 years...good thing I study or I would have killed goats by that injection. A wake up call. I was lucky to have just read that info.

Who said "build Better fences" eh? see the vid of a 5' fence jumper?  

Witnessed a tall 175 lb dairy doe goat with a full 1 gallon udder sail over a cattle panel with ease to my amazement.  I cull jumpers and breed bigger fatter goats.

Baby Goats!!  I love spring.