permaculture

["Marjory Glowka" <forestgarden@gvtc.com>]

Hi Paula,

Thanks for your interest.  Red Rock is a small rural community with a 
growing number of neighbors working to create an alternative to the current 
system.  We recognize that the first step is learning how to collect rain, 
grow food, and start small homestead based businesses for trade and to earn 
those necessary federal reserve notes for taxes and sustainance until we get 
it all together.  Dancing between these two worlds takes a lot of work and 
we try to laugh and enjoy the ride as much as possible.

Although I am not a 'goat person' - and it turns out that either you are or 
you aren't - there is a lot of good goat forage out here and several 
families are figuring out sustainable ways to feeding them from the 
surrounding native plants.

I am looking forward to the cheese!

Cheers,

Marjory




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paula Hatfield" <paulahatfield@yahoo.com>
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Red Rock, TX - Goat Workshop


> Thanks for the invitation.  I will be attending a permaculture workshop 
> that weekend.  I hope I can attend another goat raising workshop some 
> other time.  I would like to visit the Red Rock area.
>
> Marjory Glowka <forestgarden@gvtc.com> wrote: Red Rock is about 45 miles 
> SE of Austin
>
> Goat Workshop Saturday June 2, 2007 9 am-4 pm
> All About Raising Goats - Red Rock, TX
>
> Topics will include:
>
> Feeding
> Breeding
> Parasites
> Hoof care
> Homestead Dairy
> How to look at a goat
> As a novice goatkeeper you may not see the point in showing or even owning
> purebred goats, but whenever you put a buck and doe together in the same
> pen, you are influencing the comfort, health and longevity of future
> generations of animals.
> How to care for your goats
>
> There will be handouts including: issues of Ruminations, gestation tables,
> and a goat medicine cabinet
>
> The workshop will be held on the Costells' land in the Sand Hills of Red
> Rock, and will include hands-on demonstrations with their twenty Nigerian
> Dwarf goats. Bring a sack lunch (the Costells will provide water, iced tea
> and plenty of ice.) To register, call Maureen Costell at 830-839-4466 or
> email HYPERLINK "mailto:maureen@maureencostell.com";
> maureen@maureencostell.com. The cost is $25. Space is limited.. Children 
> are
> welcome and may attend for free.
>
> The workshop will be led by Kathleen Claps, who lived in Red Rock for 20
> years. Kathleen co-organized the first Nigerian Dwarf shows in the US, 
> bred
> the first Nigerian Dwarf Master Champion and the first Master Champion 
> doe.
> Kathleen was licensed as a judge by the American Goat Society. Her 
> Goodwood
> goats earned more than 28 Master Championships, set milk production 
> records
> and provide a foundation for many top US and Canadian herds. In 1995
> Kathleen was recognized by the American Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Association 
> for
> her contribution to the ND breed. She also started Ruminations, The 
> Nigerian
> Dwarf Journal.
>
>
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