Catching Up

Spring is showing itself more and more each day. The flowers have been beautiful this year, and due to the cooler temps they've lasted a lot longer. The chickens are producing very well and one chicken has been giving us jumbo eggs...With the warmer weather, we've been tackling some of the projects that need to be done. Matthew, Marc, and Rachael worked on setting up fencing in the alpaca pen so we can rotate their grazing areas. A tree that was hit by lightening last year was cut down and will be used for next year's firewood supply. This week we need to work on the boy goat pen and prepare for the arrival of Ivory (another Nubian doe). The alpacas are due to be sheared on Wednesday. We're praying for dry weather since we don't have the indoor space to do the shearing.

The garden has been tilled and peas are planted. Yesterday Jonathan came inside and declared, "I just planted thousands of seeds!" Wayne asked where. "In the garden!" When Wayne investigated he found that Jonathan had taken a bag of grass seed and emptied it on the garden. Wayne tried scraping up as much as he could, but we'll probably have a great crop of grass in our garden this year!

Sophia rabbit has been bred by Arthur rabbit and Katelyn is counting down the days to see if it was a successful breeding. We were reading that sometimes does go prematurely sterile if they go longer than 2 months between breeding. It's been much longer than 2 months since her last litter so we'll just have to wait and see what happens.

The other day Jonathan decided that he'd improvise a breathing apparatus for his fireman outfit...
Nathanial and Marc were enjoying some computer sites this afternoon. They were sharing Nathanial's earphones.
Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend a Ruth Graham and Friends conference at Nathanial's college. It was a wonderful, uplifting conference and a privilege to meet Ruth and speak with her briefly. I learned a lot and look forward to reading the material gathered at the conference.