Our pricelist has been updated for Harvest Time natural foods. So we have put off our order until Thursday, July 1st.  Please get your orders in ASAP.

Blessings,

Christie

I ran in to the computer to see what could cause seizures in sheep or lambs… WOW! there are a lot of options! But the one that seemed the most compelling (through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, I’m sure) was Water Hemlock poisoning. I researched Water Hemlock and seizures in sheep (all of this as fast as I could out of concern for the poor lamb that was convulsing in the back yard) and found that most sheep die from this and if they have eaten enough to have seizures they most certainly die. We went out to where she was just grazing and found LOTS of Water Hemlock! We had never had it growing here before, not in the past 11 years!

Well, I made a black liquid mess of water and activated charcoal and took a large syringe and shoved it down her little throat! After two syringes full, she’d had enough and got up and wobbled away, still listing to the right and shaking her head, looking for mama. We kept an eye on her for the day and prayed that the Father help her survive and for us to find all the Water Hemlock on our little homestead. We found it growing in moist areas around the water troughs, the water spigot, and our rain tanks. We cut it down carefully and got as much as we could away from the sheep.

Sunday morning we went outside, Ester was still listing to the right, but no more seizures. However, Moshe, our ram, was down on his side. Not really convulsing, but not getting up either… I went immediately to make the charcoal and water remedy, twice as much as I had made for the lamb and headed out the door. Satch helped me get the solution into him and we helped him to his feet to keep him moving, if possible. He moved slowly at first, and finally went to where the others were.

By Tuesday, both Ester and Moshe were symptom free and eating heartily at the grass in the back yard.

I thank Yahweh for His hand on the little ones he has put in our keep and for the leading as to what to do. We have since found that we have Gypsum Weed, Water Hemlock, and Buttercups, all poison to the animals… we have our work cut out for us! We hate to use poison on our farm, but these plants are too dangerous to have around the animals, so we are spraying them with roundup in some areas and 1 year sterilizer in other areas where we don’t want weeds, grass, or anything else to grow. The enemy will not have the victory on Shekinah Farm!

I am still doing the co-op from Harvest Time Natural foods and can get
up-to-date prices from them when you send your order. Our next co-op
order from Harvest Time will be June 27th Please contact me with your
orders by then so I can fax them by the 28th.. this will get our order
in shortly after the 1st of the month. You can find co-op information
at www.shekinah-farm.com.

Blessings,
Christie

Unfortunately, my garden is not completely done, but the rest is appreciated! Praise Him for his Excellent Greatness! (Ps. 150)

It’s that time again! We will need everyone’s co-op order in by Sunday April 11th.  I will also be making a bucket order at the end of April for those of you that are interested. I still have mylar bags and O2 absorbers for those interested.

Blessings!

Christie

In 14 days we will be celebrating Passover and then Unleavened Bread. We look forward to the Spring Feasts and remember the coming of our Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) to take the place of the lamb of Passover that was slain for our redemption.

We will be spring cleaning until Passover to remove the leaven from our home, our life, our heart. The most important thing is to look for sin in our heart and things in our life that may cause us to sin. This year the Father has put on my heart to be careful of mixing. This is a primary theme throughout the Word. When the people made the golden calf while Moses was on the mountain, they said that there was a Holy day and that they would worship the Creator G-d with the golden calf they built. G-d was furious! He does not want us to worship him the way that the pagans worship their gods. Over and over he reminds us not to mix or mingle. We will be cleaning out things that may be mixing in our home and our lifestyle.

There is controversy about which year it will be, but Michael Rood suggests that this is the year 6010. I think his info is accurate and important so check out his sight.

Happy New Year!

Anyway, the potatoes are planted and the early peas are in… waiting for a bit more warmth to plant much else… next in will be the cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower. I love spring! (don’t really like the muck in the barn tho!)

It is amazing that for the past year we have had only girl babies on the farm. Yah has blessed us abundantly this year and we look forward to our new year with expectation and awe. As we prepare for Passover, cleaning the house, cleaning our lifestyle, cleaning our heart, we look back over the year and can only give thanks for all that we have been through and all that Yah has brought us through. Shelly’s tests and her surgery, the loss of animals and bees, and then the gift of more than we lost, the planting, the small harvest and the abundance of joy we have in our Messiah. May this new year be blessed and sweet as we spend another year praising the Creator.

Leah had her lamb. A ewe lamb almost all black with a few white hairs on the top of her head. Rachaela is what we are calling her.

Today is Purim, 2/28/10

Posey had twin ewes! One is black and one white. We will call them Esther (black one) and Hadassah (white) in celebration of Purim!

Check out the pics at facebook -

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2028737&id=1460074900&l=4fb98ac00a

Yah brings new life to our farm and blesses us continually!

The price list is a little old, hoping to get a new one soon, but you can check it out at www.shekinah-farm.com under the link for co-op.

To subscribe to an email notification send an email to subscribe-co-op-milk@shekinah-farm.com.

Email me for the address!

C

The shotgun is ready to pick up from the repair guy…

We just got some homing pigeons (they don’t have a home yet) and they are white… so beautiful! I love the sound they make… they are named Yonah and Zipporah. They are a mating pair so we will have babies that can home eventually.

Otherwise, all is well… we are expecting lambs and a calf in February. I’m trying to clean my house and working on my garden while Shelly is recuperating.

Busy times ahead!