It feels like this is the calm before the storm...we have things under control..for now! Once spring hits I don't think we'll feel like things are under control anymore.
We've planted a bunch of seedlings (kale, onions, leeks, lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower) and the brooder and tractor are ready for the broilers. The pig area is pretty much figured out - Nathan build them some feeders and we'll use electric line to contain them. We're still collecting all the manure and bedding that we can to cover the orchard with as much compost as possible. Since we won't be able to use newspaper or cardboard to keep weeds down, we're wondering whether the layer or compost will be enough or whether we have to look into some kind of plastic covering, as well.
Ryan has been seriously obsessed with rat and mouse hunting. The rats have nested under a bunch of the trees in the orchard and eaten away at their roots to the point of the trees falling over!
The goats are *so naughty*. Now that they sleep with the sheep at night, they aren't scared of them anymore. Yesterday May climbed through the fence to join the ewes and started playing a game of 'head but' with Oprah. When Oprah walked away to lie in the sun, May followed her and started bouncing off of her! I wish I had gotten a video.
They also try to eat Misha's grain every morning. I thought i outsmarted them this morning by lifting the trough and shoving it through the fence...
But no...
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