Spring has arrived!!

Hello Folks

Well, I swear it happened yesterday, spring is here, my tulips are up, tons of other plants are peaking their heads up out of the ground, I spent a good hour yesterday just checking to see if all our transplanted tree's made it thought the winter and they are all alive!! Yahooo!

All my berry bushes made it thought the winter, and are coming along great.. so its time to start working outside for an hour or so each day now on my garden..

In are walk about on the farm, we found an old hill of compost from the barn that had been dumped there well before us, and normally its a grass covered hill, but when we dug down in it a bit, its wel rotted rich black dirt, Black gold, so I asked Jason if we could haul it all up to be screened and used in my beds and different raised Gardens.. So that will save me from needing to buy another load of soil this spring which is great, and our compost pile from our first year on the farm is ready to be planted in sqaush this year.. should be wonderful..

I heard the most wonderful sound last night, frogs!!, singing frogs from every direction, I love the frogs songs and soon the fireflys will be out, the sky was so clear last night and the stars and the sliver of the moon, amazing.. we spent an extra three hours out last night, just grazing the goats and hanging out, walking the fields and farm.. The goats act like dogs and follow up everywhere we go LOL

Well to keep it even slightly dog related, we did take the dogs for a extra long run in the fields yesterday and they loved it, even if they did manage to find every single puddle and mud hole to play in, they got to stay in the attached canvis covered dog yard till they were dry with new bones to chew, and then a quick brush and they were good to go.

Barks

Farm Critter Update

Hello Folks

Sorry that I have not written in a few days, but spring has sprung and I am so busy at this point that there is not enough hours in the days! but the warmer weather and sunshine is lovely, and we had out first thunder storm of the season this week and I watch Freyja to see what she would do, and just as I hoped, she didn't care at all.

So we are finished Lambing and kidding at this time, been a lot of work, one mother refused her one kid, another mother had milking issues but knock on wood, I think that we have everything finally back under control, the sheep rocked, they just lambed and everyone was great! The goats could take notes LOL

The rest of the critters are feeling spring, have three broody hens sitting, so hope to have new chicks to round up and raise in another month or so, last year I had seven hens successfully hatch out chicks, and this year we built the ducks new nesting boxes, and when I say we, I mean Jason built the new nesting boxes, and hopefully we will have a successful hatch in ducklings this year. The ducks are loving the water ponds we have right now..

Forest of seedlings that are waiting to be moved outside and the next batch to start, plus a ton of yard things to clean up..

Such is spring.. I am dividing information so that folks don't have to read area's they don't want to hear about.

Barks

Lambing update, Chocolate has twins!

Hello Folks

Chocolate Sheep had her babies today, a lovely set of twins, one the warm mocha color (same as Butterscotchs babies) and one a dark, dark brown color, the same as her mothers color ,with a white spot on top of her head. All appears to be well, with both nursing and dry at this time.

Good day to have little ones, only min 4 c and to be 0 tomorrow.

Barks

New Lambs for Herding later this year!

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I promised to put up new photos of the lambs for all of those of you that asked what do they look like, what color? etc.. so here you go..

For my nieces and nephew, I told you I would get photos up soon :) Someone is hungry and enjoying her milk from her momma.