Lucas Limbach

Hi Jenny! Are you still in here? Still looking? I have a six acre homestead that I’m developing in Western Washington. Ism 43. Separated for a while but still working out divorce details. On friendly terms with ex though. Minimal drama. Three teen children. 17 y.o. son lives with me. I’m a contractor to pay the bills but working toward developing a community on the property, growing more food, food forest, crops, animals, and a healing and learning center that would use my talents better and be of greater service and bring in income.

I have dairy goats and 16 sheep. I have a bunch of wool that I’ll be taking to the mill soon. It’s beautiful! Last year’s wool I had spun into yarn. I have a loom and may do some weaving.

Hi! I’m in western Washington and curious to know more about you and what you’re looking for. Your post is from a while ago so I don’t know if you’re still looking or if you’ll see this message…
How old are you? I’m 43
I have six acres and a few animals.
I’m a contractor.
I have big dreams and a lot to offer.

Star! I don’t know if you’ll see this. It’s been five years or so since your post. I was amazed in reading it, how aligned we are. If you see this, please reach out. I have a homestead in Western Washington. I’m 43. I love everything you wrote.

I had all female kids this year, total of six, due I think to having the buck with the does continuously for six weeks so that breeding could happen as early as possible relative to ovulation. It’s turns out it happened in the first few days after the buck arrived on the scene, but I didn’t know for sure until the kids were born five months later. I left the buck in for six months just in case any does cycled again.

I knew to bring the buck because of early signs of ovulation in the does. They were bred around Halloween and birthed 3/29, 3/30, and 3/31.

I raise dairy goats in Washington state. I’m fairly new at it, but… my buddy who does it commercially and who I got my animals from often gets a lot of male kids. He waits until a given doe shows signs of being ready to breed, as in she’s ovulating, and bring the does to the buck pen one by one. So they are bred very close to ovulation. The two does I got from him last year were bred this way and they had all males babies.
This year I had three does bred here. I borrowed a buck and left him in with my does for six weeks. This way he was able to mate with the does earlier in their cycle, before ovulation. I have heard that male-producing sperm are faster and die sooner. With early insemination, the male sperm die off before ovulation and the female sperm are left to meet the egg when it is ready. With insemination right at or closer to ovulation, the male sperm arrive at the egg faster.

I wrote you a personal message

Hey I live on a few acres in the San Juans. I’m in an open marriage and my wife and daughter currently live on another island. My son lives with me. We have a few land mates renting various spaces: yurt, tinyhouse, trailers. Dairy goats, sheep, bees. Veggie garden, a few fruit trees. I’m a general contractor to pay the bills. I play music and sing and dance. I love kids and animals and community. I want to teach and hold space for gatherings and group projects. I’m a healer in training and involved in Native American Church. Feel free to reach out for a chat. I’m seeking a fun sexy hard-working conscientious team mate for homesteady things, and ultimately creating a school and community hub and event space and ecovillage

D. - I saw you on the personals too and would love to talk and get to know you. I'm in search of friends. I live on a small island in WA state. I keep bees and chickens. I have three children. I have been lonely in my marriage of 13 years and am recognizing I need to connect with people I click with. The farm I live on with friends is a goat dairy. I have had a 20-liter stock pot going with goat bones for the last three days. The cabin smells good! Anyway, back to your tiny house! You don't really have to use house wrap. That's a new idea of industrial culture. There are natural ways to chink between siding boards. Like clay and moss mixed together. But oil cloth would definitely work if you want to do that. It is nice to block drafts. It is also good if your building shell actually allows water vapor to move out from inside, so vapor-permeable is good. I'm excited about your siding and insulation choices! It will be beautiful! By the way, I'm a builder. I do conventional modern construction. I'm a certified building performance analyst. But also, as a teen, I attended natural building workshops. I traveled to Zimbabwe at age 16 and visited villages with earthen round houses and thatch roofs. I want to create buildings like that! And the cedar longhouse of the Northwest, and cattail mat summer houses. Thanks for reminding me of all this. Find me on facebook. Don't know if I should put my phone and email out here.