2 Mar 13: Morning Farm Report
21 degrees this morning on the farm. Still cold. Seedlings doing well. Two baby chicks in the nest this morning. 🙂 Waiting on roots from the sweet potatoes. Now wondering if it’s time to start the morning glories?
It is cold out here. I’m so thankful for a fireplace and wood to heat the house. I’m praying for those that have to work out in this weather. Although it is 28 degrees just outside the office window, the wind chill makes being outside miserable. Our cows seem to be indifferent about the cold…
Proper husbandry allows for the flow of animals from farm-to-farm or farm-to-yard or place-to-place. Domesticated animals are no longer “wild” and if left in the wild are unable to find food or shelter appropriately. While some may try to insist that all animals should be free, it just simply is not true. That insistence has…
Seedlings are coming along well. Several tomatoes have their first set of true leaves and are putting on more. Eggplant is still not sprouted. Peppers are slowly coming along. Quarantined dog is not happy but she’ll get to play in the garden today. Baby chicks arrived from the hatchery and we stressed Yeva by giving…
50 degrees and mild on the farm this morning. Baby chicks are growing fast. Wing feathers are starting to come in and there are a few tail feathers sticking out now. Seedlings are coming along fine. We were able to put in 48 feet of green pea seed yesterday. And the pace begins to pick…
Happy New Year! Perhaps it is a tired old greeting used to identify the birth of a calendar year yet it still works. With the hanging of the new calendar came thoughts of what might lie ahead. Perhaps it will be new animals. Perhaps it will be new plant varieties. Perhaps it will be all…