Well…it rained all weekend. I guess I should be glad it wasn’t more snow! {smile} Besides being hard on the grass growth, this weather has been hard on other spring farmyard chores as well. For example, everything is soaking, sopping wet, so you can’t drive the tractor around very much without making a sloppy mess.
Thankfully we wrapped up our “junk pile” clean up two weeks ago!
We recycled that whole pile of scrap metal–but not our horse trailer! That’s up for a re-paint this year.But we haven’t been able to move the chick brooder house out of “storage” (behind the barn) and get it ready for–CHICKS! We’re expecting that call from the Post Office any time the next 10 days. Actually, it won’t be any time, it’ll be about 6:30 am, but any day now. {smile} The good news is we have a Plan B if they get here before the brooder house is empty–we’ll just use our galvanized water tank like they do in Tractor Supply! That should hold us for a week or so.
We also sold one of our cows and hauled her over to her new home, with a new friend. She was quite the sweet little barnyard resident, and we’ll miss her. But she’ll be like a pet at her new home, and she’s about at breeding age, so I’m glad we found a good place for her.
Beth exploring her new home, while her new “friend” follows along.Sunday afternoon Grandpa Ray was in town to help the kiddos with their Pine Car Derby cars. The derby is this coming Saturday, so cars have to be turned in on Wednesday night. Mr. Fix-It and his dad also helped a couple boys from another church family get their cars shaped. They’ll be doing the details at home, we were just sharing tools for the big, preliminary work.
So this week we’ll be prepping for chicks, prepping for the derby, and doing schoolwork and sports practice. On Saturday we’ll have a football game, the derby, and company for dinner. {smile}
And I’ve still got one ewe that hasn’t delivered yet–the lamb I kept over from last year. It’s normal for them to breed later their first year, but she should be getting close!
And don’t forget–this is the LAST WEEK to pick up the All Organized eBook Bundle for just $20–that’s barely a $1 per book! Now is the time to get the house in order before Spring Fever really hits and nobody wants to be inside!!
How are things looking at your home place?
I feel like winter is on the out, but Spring is pretty mild so far. I need to get hopping on the garden before it gets away from me–asparagus should be popping up any time now!
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