February 21, 2010

• Planted a few things

  Today the weather was sunny and above freezing.  I planted onions, kale, and spinach in the greenhouse.  It felt good to have my hands in the dirt.  I've noticed in the last week the seedlings that made it through the winter have began to grow.  I probably will be harvesting miner's lettuce and arugula later this week. 

  Everyone,  including the animals were enjoying the warmer weather.

  

  Buster Brown is still nursing from his mama.     Because he is still nursing, I don't have to milk her each day and I don't have a ton of milk to figure out what to do with.  I hope they both are okay with him continuing to nurse.  It makes my life a lot easier.

  
  Baybe is the sweetest steer!  He maybe big, but he is so gentle.

  

  Buster the pony was waiting to be put back with his buddy Sally our other pony.

  

  The ice on the pond has started to melt.  The sap in the maple trees was running today and we could see it dripping from a tree into the pond.  We really need to tap our trees!

  

  

  The snowman we built the other day is hanging on.  The last couple of mornings,  Joshua has looked out to see that the snowman somehow moved in the night.  He has a couple of theories as to how this could be.  His first theory includes possibly iron ore in the snow and then there is iron ore in our stonewall which is pulling the snowman towards the wall. The second theory is gravity is making the snowman slide down hill. The third is a large animal is pushing it at night. The final theory is maybe, it is coming to life at night. I think the animal theory is right..possibly a primate. 

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