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2014 Kidding Season is Here!

Luz, the dominant Spanish doe, had her kids today.  She had two girls, which we are considering naming Dora and Flora.  Mother and daughters are doing well.

Purple Iris

Goings on

Thinking it might be nice to have more regular updates on here, so some shorter ones more frequently may be happening.
Things are finally thawing out for us.  The daffodil bloom has come and gone.  Our chicken losses have slowed but continue.  We lost one tonight to drop us down to 3 total.  That's a far cry from almost 20 this past fall.  Pearl continues to grow, and it turns out a good suitor is hard to find.  Hopefully we will find her fella within the next two weeks.  Our 3 pregnant goats just aren't sure they're ready to release their babies on the world.  Seems like they must pop in the next few days, but we've been thinking that for weeks now.

In the plant world, the garden is coming along, lots of seedlings are in the ground and more in the greenhouse. Peppers, potatoes, tomatoes, basil, eggplants, and greens.  We had fresh spinach as part of Annie's birthday dinner last night.  Also before the recent rains we planted a lot of cover crops - mostly rye grass, but some sorghum and buckwheat.  Hoping the rains didn't wash that away - so the goats get an especially good salad bar this summer.

All in all its an exciting time of year to have a farm!   -Jeff