So we finally got around to naming our farm, no its not the HOT farm. Although the 109 degree temp today is what could cause us to name it HOT farm. Anyway, we named our farm M&R Farm. After much thought, we just used our intials. They both stand for my first name and maiden name. Plus my husbands first name and sir name. So it works.
Two of the mamas should be having babies anytime...based off my best estimates. Also the way they are showing signs. So hopefully babies will wait til the end of the month when it hopefully cools down. But we are prepared if they are born tomorrow.
The garden is growing, but I do not have the greenest thumb. So far we have yellow squash, tomatoes, potatoes, some peppers and maybe carrots some day.
Christian Mother of three children: DS 14, DD 13 and DS 10. Married to a wonderful hardworking man. Blogging about many daily details of my wild crazy ride as a mother, wife, massage therapist, and my walk with Christ. We also have a small hobby farm in south east Kansas that we are trying to turn into a sustainable farm.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Tired of all the rain...its so wet
Its pretty wet around here these days. Apparently Gran says that the water table is low here. We need to figure out some remedies for the stall and goat house cause they are so wet inside. The ground in them is gravel and then we put pine shavings on top. Thinking of bringing in more gravel, which we need for the driveway too. Im also planning on opening up the stalls big side door tomorrow to dry it out a bit, if the weather cooperates.
On to better things, we are now getting 7-10 eggs a day from our 22 mature laying hens. I have been told that production should be better. So I am trying to figure out why they have slowed in production. Going to clean out the coop on Monday once I send the ladies out for the morning. This will help me see if we have any shells and also, might help with their laying.
The goats and horse are doing well also, just know that they would like a drier place to sleep. So like I said we will work on drying out the stalls tomorrow and Monday also.
On to better things, we are now getting 7-10 eggs a day from our 22 mature laying hens. I have been told that production should be better. So I am trying to figure out why they have slowed in production. Going to clean out the coop on Monday once I send the ladies out for the morning. This will help me see if we have any shells and also, might help with their laying.
The goats and horse are doing well also, just know that they would like a drier place to sleep. So like I said we will work on drying out the stalls tomorrow and Monday also.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Long time no blog.
So my computer crashed awhile back and is still not running great. I am able to get on the other computer now.
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| Our New Fire Pit |
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| Walkway from front porch to the mailbox. |
Anyways, we have been busy around here. This past Sunday afternoon, my hubby and I went out and collected rocks, some flat and some larger ones. We had been discussing having a fire pit in the side yard. My kids love campfires and I thought this would be a great way to have one anytime we wanted. So we got rocks for that purpose. While we were getting those rocks a couple lightbulbs went off and we thought, we could use these large flat ones to line the walkway to the mail box from the front porch. The original plan for that was just pea gravel and landscape timbers. But the flat rocks look alot better.
The other thing that has been going on is we got our first egg. Although the egg was cracked, we did get an egg. I am very happy because it has been 25 weeks and 4 days...yes I was counting. I have some Giant chickens that are just about 8 weeks old that I am waiting for them also. So this time I will know to wait just a bit longer than 22 weeks. We also added white light to the coop. Before I had just a heat lamp with a red light bulb in it. So it was a bit darker. So the chickens were not getting the daylight hours the needed to lay. I am going to get a timer for the white light so that it will come on at 4am and shut off at 9pm. That way we can maximize the daylight in the coop.
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| Our 1st official egg |
Today I am making amish friendship bread. I let my starter sit for a couple extra days, so I am hoping it still comes out. Its in the over baking right now. Smells lovely around the homestead today.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Garden in
So the seedlings I started didn't work out. I waited til after first frost and my second cousin could come till the land. Fortunatelly he had done it in the fall, so I was pretty quick and painless.
Anyway this morning, I woke up with the sun and planted most of our veggies. I have to get tomatoe starters later this week and put them in. But so far we have potatoes, carrots, beets, lettuce, spinach, radishes, squash, cucumbers, peas, beans, corn, watermelon, honeydew, strawberries and possibly pumpkins. I will also plant three more rows of corn in a couple weeks, to keep the crop coming through the summer.
I also was able to wash and groom the horse yesterday. We finished the stall and goat house. My sons cleaned up and have been helping with our front fence. I hope to have it done sometime this week as our dogs need the excersize area.
Anyway this morning, I woke up with the sun and planted most of our veggies. I have to get tomatoe starters later this week and put them in. But so far we have potatoes, carrots, beets, lettuce, spinach, radishes, squash, cucumbers, peas, beans, corn, watermelon, honeydew, strawberries and possibly pumpkins. I will also plant three more rows of corn in a couple weeks, to keep the crop coming through the summer.
I also was able to wash and groom the horse yesterday. We finished the stall and goat house. My sons cleaned up and have been helping with our front fence. I hope to have it done sometime this week as our dogs need the excersize area.
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