Somehow, I knew I’d be back on here today. For the second year in a row Flora delivered on Good Friday morning. And no, I was not up all night like I had said I might be yesterday. At my last check at quarter to 11 I could tell that Flora was ‘off,’ but certainly nowhere close. So, I went to bed and set my alarm for 2 am to look in on her just in case. Nothing was happening…
I’ve been holding off on writing any posts because (a) it’s been a particularly difficult week for our family this week and (b) I’d assumed that Flora would deliver and that would be our next post. Alas, that has not happened. She is 4 days overdue and doesn’t seem to be in any hurry. Meanwhile, our grocery budget has increased dramatically what with us buying various types of organic and grass-fed milk. Purchasing raw milk, though it would certainly be…
Spring is nearly here, and I for one am ready for it. I enjoy winter and all, but this year it’s gone on too long. I think my sentiments on this derived from the fact that last summer was so overcast and rainy – it feels as though it has been winter for about 18 months now. Enough of skiing, knitting and Hygge; let’s get going with the spring! That said, the fact that the snow and the temps in…
Now that the ducks are laying again, we’ve decided to try and use them for what their original purpose was: hatching eggs. For those of you who may have remembered, last year Gabe found himself with $50 to spend, which he wanted to use to buy a drake (male duck) to breed with our duck hens. His idea was to hatch the eggs and sell ducklings at a profit. After all, Silver Appleyards are considered a rare heritage breed, and…
We had a different post all written. A nice, spring-y post. One about warm weather, impending goat kids, and poultry resuming their laying. Then of course, ‘something’ happened. That ‘something’ was a snowstorm. One of the biggest of the year, following on the heels of the beautiful balmy weather I’d written about. If I’m honest, we had been hoping for some snow around here. Steve and the boys wanted to go out skiing again (the 50 degree weather from last…