Mid-Winter Farm Happenings

Greetings from the farm!  Most everyone who will look at this post has experienced the recent Polar Vortex.  We got through it with no major problems like frozen pipes or livestock losses; it was pretty awful just the same.

Wednesday morning, the 30th = yikes!  And notice the indoor temp!

Thursday  morning, the 31st - no way, can that be right?

And it was even worse than that some places.  Anyway, we are glad it is over and temperatures are closer to normal.  I worried most about the goats but they seem to be just fine.  The does were dried up just in time!

Around New Year's, Ranger had some friends over - a couple of pretty young ladies - Maggie and Elsie!  They stayed for about a month and hopefully will have some kids early next summer.

We had to say good-bye to Mickey in January.  He was part of our family for many years and it was tough.

This is one of my favorite pictures of him from just a couple of years ago.

I'll never forget the time he ate that bar of soap!

Hoover is adjusting to being an only dog.  When I am home, he hangs out in the house with me and follows me around as much as he can - the laundry basement is off limits though.  He waits patiently for me to come back to the kitchen.

Despite it being the dead of winter, we are still keeping busy with farm related activities.  I've vended at some winter markets and just this last Saturday at an event called Back to Basics in Pine River.   Kevin has to keep cleaning grain and grinding the cornmeal and flour, and I make more soap at every opportunity.  Pretty soon we need to be thinking about planting too!

Thanks for stopping by the blog.  I'll be back with another update in a month or so - no doubt we will be getting spring fever by then!  Be well friends!