Wow, it feels and looks like spring around here… lots of
water and mud!
Just a quick update from the farm today. This weekend I was busy on Saturday morning
making soap again. This time it was shaving
soap. I made it round so it can easily
be dropped into a mug. It has lots of
goodies in the ingredient list including finely ground oatmeal.
The weather was so nice that I took my lettuce seedlings out from under the
lights in the way-down basement and out to the real-deal sunshine of the
greenhouse. I spent a little time out
there finishing clearing away desiccated tomato vines that I didn’t get to last
fall. It was so warm in there that I opened up the door for the afternoon.
Future salads! |
Kevin and I had some of that quality couple time that you
can only get while cleaning out the goat’s pen in the corner of the pole
barn. It was getting that mattress-y feeling
in there from so much bedding and hay underfoot. We still have a month or so to wait for kids arrive.
The chickens are really enjoying the warm weather too. I gave them a couple layers of an alfalfa
bale, which made them even happier. You
might not think of chickens as hay eaters, but they love it when it’s really
leafy. The occasional dried grasshopper is just a bonus!
Remember those tracks I posted about last Sunday? They were muskrat tracks! We watched the little guy make them. It was almost like he was trying to get into the garage. Of course by the time we got the camera he had gone around the house and headed for the pond. Seems kind of early for them to be out and about.
You may recall that Kevin got a smoker for Christmas from the kids. Today he tried it out on a pork loin. It turned out great even though he didn’t know what he was doing really… another new learning experience!
You may recall that Kevin got a smoker for Christmas from the kids. Today he tried it out on a pork loin. It turned out great even though he didn’t know what he was doing really… another new learning experience!
Very tasty! |
So I think that is a good thought end with. We are never too old to learn something new. Never, ever stop learning.
Be well friends.
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