4/25/2010

Spring is about babies and, boy, do we have them! Baby chicks, baby calves and honey bees all arrived in the past 10 days, and "baby" vegetables are making their appearance in the garden. And, just like our own children, they will all be grown up in the blink of an eye.
The weather has been cool and wet so we are not able to do as much outside as we would like, but there is plenty of indoor work to do. Since we start all our tomato and pepper plants from seed, I have been transplanting many of them into larger pots, taking care of some home school chores, and refreshing my calf-feeding knowledge.
Just in case you think all we do around here is work, let me tell you about the fun we had last night. We went to the family dance in Angora. WHAT FUN!! People of all ages from knee-high wee-ones to grandparents and a bunch of twenty-somethings enjoying an evening of good, clean dancing fun. It had been a while since Lyn and I had gone dancing as we don't enjoy going places where the air is blue (either from smoke or language). We had such a good tome that getting up to feed the calves and take care of the other chores wasn't a very big deal even though we got home a 1:00 a.m.
Tomorrow starts another busy week, so I will leave you with a picture of our bees.
Happy Living!
Donna

Hello again!
We have had really nice weather this past week, if you don't mind the wind! :) We have been busy with everything SPRING! I am tempted to put away my winter sweaters, but every time I do, it gets cold again. Maybe just half of them will go into storage.
Nichole and I planted 90 conifers this week. The salad greens, radishes and peas have come up. And the large four-legged vermin most people call deer have gone away for a while. At least they aren't going to demolish the peas for now!
We continue to await the arrival of new kittens. Curly is getting quite large and is lying around quite a bit, just waiting. Every day we wonder how much bigger she can get. Some of us are getting impatient for the arrival. the picture doesn't show how big she is getting, but it sure is cute.
That's all for now. More trees are waiting to be planted, dishes to be done, and Nichole has a job interview today so I'd better get moving.
Donna

snow and rain have come and gone

Okay so the snow came and left. The rain came and left snow in its place. And the snow left and mud came in its place. We are finally drying out and getting acquainted with the bright, glowing ball of fire in the sky again. YESSSS!
The gardens are drying out and Nichole and I are hoping to resume planting the spring crops this weekend.
Since the gardens need some time to dry out, I decided to get started raking the lawn today. Great idea--until I rolled my ankle. Now I am gimpy and hoping that tomorrow will be a better day.
The day light hours are lengthening which means supper is getting later in the day as well. Another month and we should be eating around 9:00....at least we are not bored and we sleep really well.
See you all next week.

4-1-10

Ahh Spring! So where's the snow? You know how it is in the northern plains. Spring arrives and the snow hits really hard. So far not this spring!

Just to let you all know, Nichole and I planted salad greens, beets, peas, and radishes in the garden yesterday. By mid-May, we should be enjoying fresh produce. The tomatoes, peppers and eggplant that I started in March are up and doing well. Good thing, the little buggers haven't had enough sunlight in the past few weeks.

Lyn placed a chicken order for some more layers a few weeks ago. They should be arriving soon.

Nichole got a new-to-her pink lariat this week and has been practicing on her "steer" Pugsley.
She wants to paint her steer pink, too!

Newsletters to our customers will be going out in the next 3-4 days.

The new website is up and running. Check us out at www.harmony-ent.com Thanks to Brandon for creating this site. We love you man!! After being up for only a few weeks, we already have people contacting us for CSAs. YIPPEE!! We love our customers!

Hopefully I will be updating this blog every week. Check in on Fridays and see if I can get it done.

Donna