News and happenings
We slaughtered a bull about 4 weeks ago; butchering will take place this Saturday.
We have layer chicks in the brooder (a new brooder, since the watering trough we'd previously used is in use as a...well...a watering trough, I think).
We've been at our pastor's place some this week helping raise a house/barn. We had to leave late Tuesday (livestock and cubiculture calling), but incredible progress had already been made! (Pastor has a friend from the Atlanta area who joined us, along with three of his crew, who are all professional builders. What a boost they were--not only to speed, progress, and knowledge, but also to teaching our men and boys more about framing, etc.) Pictures here.
We're working on planting some seedlings in the garden, but many of them were lost early on due to significant trauma. We have learned a lot from this first experience with seedlings and I am looking forward to next spring when we can start some more, using some of this new knowledge.
We've been getting asparagus for a few weeks. Lettuce is coming in thick. We got a couple of strawberries last week, and it looks like we'll get some more, but a very large portion of the crop was lost to the freeze a couple of weeks ago.
Teddy the Lone Rooster has been loaned (given??) to friends in need of a competent rooster. We miss his "Hey, what's uuuupppp?" in the morning (and other times).
We had lime spread on the garden and on the pastures.
A number of beef cows are due for calving this month.
The pigs are growing and are a riot. They are very entertaining, smart, and friendly. I like having them here. And I'm looking forward to some good, clean pork!!
From what the email told us about the bill, TN is making strides in the right direction regarding NAIS. I would link to the bill, but have no idea where to find the bill, except in our email attachment, and I don't know how to do that. (Besides, I'm late for an Algebra appointment with 14yo daughter.) Anyway, from what I understand, a bill making NAIS voluntary has made it through the state Ag Committee. Not sure about funds being provided, and I don't have time right now to try to understand the government-ese, so I'll leave you with that. (If anyone wants to try to find out more, "Amendment No. 1 to HB0976" is apparently the significant part of the bill, since that's what our correspondent's attachment was.)
Mary Susan
We have layer chicks in the brooder (a new brooder, since the watering trough we'd previously used is in use as a...well...a watering trough, I think).
We've been at our pastor's place some this week helping raise a house/barn. We had to leave late Tuesday (livestock and cubiculture calling), but incredible progress had already been made! (Pastor has a friend from the Atlanta area who joined us, along with three of his crew, who are all professional builders. What a boost they were--not only to speed, progress, and knowledge, but also to teaching our men and boys more about framing, etc.) Pictures here.
We're working on planting some seedlings in the garden, but many of them were lost early on due to significant trauma. We have learned a lot from this first experience with seedlings and I am looking forward to next spring when we can start some more, using some of this new knowledge.
We've been getting asparagus for a few weeks. Lettuce is coming in thick. We got a couple of strawberries last week, and it looks like we'll get some more, but a very large portion of the crop was lost to the freeze a couple of weeks ago.
Teddy the Lone Rooster has been loaned (given??) to friends in need of a competent rooster. We miss his "Hey, what's uuuupppp?" in the morning (and other times).
We had lime spread on the garden and on the pastures.
A number of beef cows are due for calving this month.
The pigs are growing and are a riot. They are very entertaining, smart, and friendly. I like having them here. And I'm looking forward to some good, clean pork!!
From what the email told us about the bill, TN is making strides in the right direction regarding NAIS. I would link to the bill, but have no idea where to find the bill, except in our email attachment, and I don't know how to do that. (Besides, I'm late for an Algebra appointment with 14yo daughter.) Anyway, from what I understand, a bill making NAIS voluntary has made it through the state Ag Committee. Not sure about funds being provided, and I don't have time right now to try to understand the government-ese, so I'll leave you with that. (If anyone wants to try to find out more, "Amendment No. 1 to HB0976" is apparently the significant part of the bill, since that's what our correspondent's attachment was.)
Mary Susan
posted by The Bradshaws at 9:49 AM
3 Comments:
Mary Susan, what ever happened with your milk cow? Did she calve? Are you all milking her twice a day?
Good to hear from you. Sounds like spring is in full tilt there as well.
Marci,
We struggled with lots of conflicting advice and conflicting desires. We decided to dry her off. It's just as well as I suppose we're now looking forward to a July calving.
Thanks for stopping by.
Keith
Marci,
Thank you for helping us out regarding Clarabelle; yours was the absolute best info I got: "It's pretty hard to mess them up." (This is akin to the best info I got years ago about homeschooling, too: "If they can read, they can learn anything.")
Mary Susan
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