Well, Spring is finally finding us here. We just finally had about 5 days free of rain and the sun actually shined. The grass grew and the mowing began. Only limited though. We rotated the goatie boys out one at a time and let them graze. We got in some more electric netting and made a pen out side the llama boys pens and let them rotate out and mow that area. To get started on the mowing I did buy a new hand mower. The one we had just finally gave out last fall. The other day I went in to have some minor work done on a chain saw and came out with a new mower. That was interesting explaining to David that evening...All joking aside he knew I needed a new one...
The sheep have started lambing. The first set were born last Saturday while we were in GreenCastle at a Fiber Festival...They are sweeties and the middle of the week Star had a set of twins. One boy and one girl. Really cuties and very nice fiber markings...Yesterday afternoon Bianca blessed us with our first kid. A beautiful white doe...Then last night Flake decided David didn't need any sleep. At midnight she started in and delivered 3 by 4 am this morning...So it has been a exciting week around here.
My gardening this year is coming right along. I actually got a pretty good variety of cool weather crop in. I have started gathering my canning supplies. I have a Amish store I visit. It is in the basement of their house...Nice prices. The canning jar lids are about 1/3rd the price you pay for them at Wal-Mart. The other day David got the lower part of the garden plowed and the next dry spell I can get that tilled and be ready to start planting everything else. The time to do that is after "The Derby"...Mothers Day weekend...I asked for a spot to til to put in a good plot of corn and the guys looked at me cross eyed. They aren't willing to give up hay area...
Well, Monday we go pick up a Silver 2008 HHR. 5speed transmission. We just drove a automatic transmission to TX in Feb and it did alot of whinning so we knew we didn't want that. David likes the standards anyway...Jarrod will take David's old car and Em and I share the van. Now I just have to convince David maybe about January we need a truck. We just have put off buying ...Darned, if my van is letting me know my time is up...
Em and I have kinda put plans on a simmering burner that we might just go to Maryland Mother's Day weekend...to Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival...We will see. Hopefully all the lambing and kidding will be finished by then. It is lots of fun. We went about 2 yrs ago.
We enjoyed the Fiber Event last weekend in Green Castle, IN. We had a Booth and Saw lots of people we hadn't seen in awhile and met plenty of new people. My brother and family came by to visit a minute. Our Natural color yarn we had processed was a big hit. A lady from IL really liked it and we were quite complimented by her purchases...Emily enjoyed her Day on Saturday. She took a Natural Dyeing class. She had a good chemistry lesson that day and good use of the Math...It refreshed our memory that we have plenty of things right around us to dye with without using nasty chemicals....Now we are getting ready for the next Festival in June.
Em went with her younger dog today to a Home and Garden Show and met several other 4-H kids and they did a Show on Agility and Obedience. Em said Charity did great.
Well, I guess I better get finished up here and get a load of dishes done and go change the water on some wool I am washing. I have a doll maker thatI have a feeling will be calling just any day for her next load of wool to do hair with...I have been sorting and getting ready for her.
Y'all Take Care....Pam
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