Enjoying Spring

What a beautiful weekend!  The last two mornings have been so beautiful I could have just burst into a poor rendition of "Oh What a Beautiful Morning!" - remember Oklahoma?

Kevin spent most of the weekend in his happy place - on the seat of a tractor.

Why is he plowing? Normally we try to minimally disturb the soil in a sustainable farming operation, but since we also grow organic and are not spraying to kill weeds, at some point it just gets overrun too bad and we start over with a new soil base. This field has been overrun by grass so we are burying it deep. The other field being plowed is one that we have started renting that had soybean conventionally grown on it and it is hard as a rock. The top inch was pretty good, but most of the nutrients were gone and it was full of weeds. They also used a land roller on the field and some believe that causes compaction, so this field was getting tilled deep also. We will see how things go in these fields.

Now that the weather is warmer, I finally let Peanut and the poults out of "turkey jail".  The first thing Peanut did was head for the woodshed for a dust bath!  Then she went back to the coop and coaxed the poults (all two of them!) out into the wide world.  Big Tom is so happy to have someone to impress with his manliness!

Dahlia will be four weeks old tomorrow and Briar is two weeks old today.  They are enjoying life like only goat kids can - sleep, eat, and play!  They come out with their mamas at milking time to explore.

And play outside in the sun.

Hickory came home on Saturday - he looks a little plumper than when he left - guess he was pretty well fed (spoiled?) at Bonnie & Duane's farm!

That's the weekly update!  I thank you for stopping by the blog! Take care and be well friends!