What a beautiful week it has been around here...The goats and sheep have made good use of it. We now have 5 new kids (1 single and 2 sets of twins) and I think about 19 lambs. I would have to go look on my note to tell you how many of twins or single. Well, actually there was only 1 single and rest were either twins or triplets... We don't ever remember the kids being so social. The oldest kid doesn't mind at all coming back to the barn to visit the new kids and leave her mom who is in the upper pasture. It is so funny to see her running out through there all by herself...
The 2 new Border Collies have been keeping David and Em busy. They both are really sweet. I am staying neutral. I am good at spoiling them...No, all joking aside. They use me to do some of the commands to the dogs. Em took Ruby to the Stock Dog Clinic today. They were tired when they came back. Charity must to have gotten to comfortable in the dog house because there was a big fight when Ruby went to dog house and there Charity sat....Em has to put Charity up in the barn this evening. It is suppose to rain and sometimes Ruby doesn't care if it is raining and Charity sits out in it....
My garlic is up and looking good. I planted a spring mix...I ordered it from Vermont Seed in WI. They have a fall mix also I need to get ordered. They send it when it is time to plant in this zone... The garlic I planted last fall just didn't make it. It was such a wet winter...
There wasn't a computer class last week but will be one this week. Then the one next week we want to take and there is a Yeast Bread class at the Extension office also. We may go ahead and sign up and just be about 15 minutes late...Em hasn't been really big on cooking so when she wanted to take bread class I decided I better get her there...
We have a new hand mower with bagger. For right now the kids are pretty happy using it even with the bagger. They have been throwing the grass over into the pens to feed. The boys are getting the ideal what is going on and stand at the fence waiting on them to get there with the first bag full....
I have been working on mowing the tree line. The dandelions are in full bloom right now. I no more get them mowed and look back and there they are again...The trees are really looking nice. I am now really pleased we stuck with keeping them mowed for 6 yrs. This last fall we did get our first good gathering of walnuts. For spring , It shouldn't be too long and the Dog wood should be in full bloom. We don't have redbud trees here on our tree line but right now they are in full bloom along the highways. So pretty...You would think with 23 different types of trees there would be a redbud...
We had visitors a couple days this week here on the farm. A lady from Mitchell came with her granddaughter. She enjoyed the visit but the most exciting to her was when we got back to the house and here sat 5 kitties...(actually are taking 2 kitties when ready)I think the sheep and goats may have been a little large for her...Grandma is a big spinner and rug hooker so she loved the fiber animals...Saturday evening a van pulled up. The couple was here in the area going to a wedding and had seen our goats and stopped on there way home..They were from KY. They are just getting into fiber animals...Then today my doll maker came by with her family. We took a walk out back to let her little girls see the new kids and pet them. The in-laws came later in the afternoon to borrow a saw....
One of our other kitties is going to live in a lawyers office. There is a cat already there that needs a friend...We still have 2 left to give away. It will just take some time...2 other cats we have outside have been reserved to go to a farm. Then that leaves us with what we wanted. We have 2 more to have fixed then we will be ok. I tell you I don't know what multiplies faster, Cats or rabbits...
David is sitting here testing a sock cylinder before shipping it out. Works good. I will pack it with the sample tube and get it shipped out. Sitting here writing this somebody just paid for another. I guess he will test it tomorrow night...
I guess I better close for this evening. I need to get some dishes done. I did get some banana bread made earlier today and a decent lunch but time flew after that.
Take Care....
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