Archive for March, 2008
March 31, 2008 – Claire at Mock Trial
Claire’s high school Mock Trial Team made it out of their region and competed in the state tournament in Des Moines this week (in unrelated, but similar news, Linda is in the jury duty pool in April). The mock trial team consists of student lawyers and witnesses, they are given a case and argue before ...Read more.
March 30, 2008 – “Solo”
The kids have officially named the baby goat. The first name that hung around for a few hours was Henry, but eventually it turned to Solo. The name was no doubt inspired by the fact that Solo was the first single goat born on the farm. He’s already walking around in the pasture. I’m thinking ...Read more.
March 29, 2008 – Baby Goat!
Sometime between 8 and 10 this morning Paullina gave birth to her baby boy! She’s a good worry-free mother who always does well with her kids. This is the first year she’s only had one, but this guy looks big and vigorous. If it makes any difference, we were hoping tha Paullina would give birth ...Read more.
March 28, 2008 – Rhubarb Up!
Although it doesn’t seem like it, spring is indeed on an unstoppable journey. The week of snow and cold has not deterred the rhubarb from sticking its crowns out of the ground to begin the growing season. one year ago…”The Goose Gets a Gander”
March 27, 2008 – Thingamajig Thursday #111
Here’s this week’s “Thingamajig” entry. Also check out the last thingamajig answer. As always, put your guess in a comment below. Hold mouse over this sentence to pop-up answer. one year ago…”Boundary Fence Up”
March 26, 2008 – Earth Hour Approaching
Last year a group of people in Sydney, Australia started what they call “earth hour.” Earth Hour is a voluntary one hour time period where people and businesses turned off their lights. Over 2.2 million people and over 2,00 businesses turned their lights off last year in Sydney, including the Sydney Opera house. The sponsors (The ...Read more.
March 25, 2008 – Pasture Overseeding
Last year I frost seeded some clovers in the back pasture (frost seeding is a fancy name for just throwing seeds on the ground and the early spring freeze/thaw/rain snow moves the seeds down into cracks in the soil and puts them in a place to germinate). The pasture was greatly inproved from its grass-heavy ...Read more.
March 24, 2008 – High Hopes Handy Hint
Maybe I’ll start a “handy hints” category. I’ll see if I come up with more, but we’ll start with this one that works for farm and town. Whenever you need to bring a propane cylinder to town to refill for the grill, set it in an old milk crate. The tank won’t roll around in ...Read more.
March 23, 2008 – Happy Easter
Happy Easter from our house to yours. Here are the kids in front of the completed lamb cake. Some smartie pants dropped some raisins at the side of the cake opposite the head! I remember this gizmo as a kid, but can’t remember the name. Anyone? It is magnetized and the blue bunny spins around ...Read more.
March 22, 2008 – Snow…
Last night we got a light dusting of snow – enough to make everything white again. It all melted in a day, but was still a bit of a bummer on Easter Weekend. To the north, there was up to 10 inches of snow, so I shouldn’t complain too loudly. It was a good day ...Read more.
March 21, 2008 – Paying Attention to the Horse
After a long winter, Chelsea finally gets some attention. It’s been a long winter, and an initial brush of the winter coat sure feels good! one year ago…”Committee Work”
March 20, 2008 – Thingamajig Thursday #110
Here’s this week’s “Thingamajig” entry. Also check out the last thingamajig answer. As always, put your guess in a comment below. Hold mouse over this sentence to pop-up answer. one year ago…”Life and Death on the Farm”
March 19, 2008 – Pruning
Today was the beginning of fruit tree pruning. Some of the apple trees we planted are now large enough to climb up to prune the top branches. The goats enjoy a little roughage and chew on the tips of the prunings. Cherry trees generally don’t need a lot of pruning – primarily to get rid ...Read more.
March 18, 2008 – We Knew This Day Would Come…
Today we got the phone call that our local locker that processes chickens is closing its doors to chicken processing. Golly’s Locker in Maxwell is no longer an option. That means if we want to have our chickens processed at a locker, it would be about 360 miles of driving to drive there, drop off, ...Read more.
