Hi everyone… sorry for the lack of posts this past week, life just kind of got in the way. We had a very dear friend enter Hospice and then pass away and it’s been a sad week for us. She was such a beautiful, lovely soul and we will miss her so much. Today is her funeral and we are looking forward to celebrating her wonderful life with her dear family and many loved ones.
Here at the homestead, we are finally getting closer to that lovely thing called SPRING! Right now we are in the mud and flood season, a special rural season between winter and spring. It hasn’t been toooo bad… just muddy more than floody. As you can see, all the animals are happy, muddy and enjoying the days with temperatures above 40 and SUNSHINE! Oh, it’s just wonderful. Last Sunday, we got out and started to clean up a bit, got a big trash pile burning and just started to pick up stick and tree limbs, trying to tidy up the winter weary little farm. It amazes me just how yucky everything gets under the snow and mud. Just everywhere you look is some bit of this or a forgotten bucket or something. We live near a fairly busy road so we end up with beer cans and trash bags along our front as well as stuff that just blows in. I’m so happy once the grass starts really growing so it will look more like spring!
We are t-minus 4 weeks and counting for baby lambs! Just can’t wait. It’s one of the best things that happens around here. And we are hoping for two litters of pigs as well, although probably not until May or the first of June. Hopefully, we will have some of our new fencing done to make it nice and easy for the ladies to have their babies in comfort! We have so many plans for the homestead this year… it is our 5th growing season! As of March 25th, 2015 we will have been here a full four years and are happy to be heading into the 5th year of growing, changing and perfecting our rural persona! Hardly seems like yesterday that we were just moving in!
Still unable to post comments, as we are trying to break the flow of bad spam to the site. Again, if you’d like to drop me a note and say hi or remark on something, please do! You can reach me at: sherri at chekal dot com… Or, if you’re on Facebook, stop in and check out our Facebook page for the homestead!
https://www.facebook.com/WindhavenFarmOhio?ref=bookmarks
And if you are looking for our brand new store page… you can visit it here!
http://www.windhavengeneralstore.com
(More about the store later!)
Happy Spring to half of the world!
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