I know its been a while since I have posted, but I will still just make this a quick update because I have lots to do on the farm today!
Lets see, since my last post we have been up to a lot.
Our kittens went off to their new homes. I was able to resist keeping them which was hard because they were so sweet!
We lost all the chicks we were raising for ourselves to a coyote. That was a pretty sad day for everyone. Farming sure has its ups and downs.
Matt has been haying like crazy. We finished our property and he is halfway through some fields we leased. It has been a lot of work. He would leave early in the morning and come home well after dark. Its been going pretty well. I think there are 60 acres left to go, so next stretch of good weather we should be able to finish for the year.
The pigs are out on in the pig jungle now. I absolutely love being able to see them from the kitchen window.
They just love it out there too!
They make pretty quick work of the grass!
Chores have changes around here. There is no more pulling them along in wagons or carrying in backpacks. They have got their bikes and its me struggling to keep up!
I send them out to pick some food for supper in the evenings. Sometimes they forget to come back. Little farm boy carried my garlic around like this the whole time he picked berries.
But the berries are pretty exquisite this time of year. I can hardly blame them!
This is little farm girls pride and joy! Sometimes she waters it for breakfast and lunch.
And the garden is coming along really well. I have spent so much time out there that I joke about becoming part of the earth. The grasshoppers and flies all sit on me while I work and I stopped brushing them off a while ago. Still I was pretty surprised the other day when a bird landed on my arm!
I think their must be some mice or something in the green manures. The cats and dog spend lots of time hunting in there.
I didn't even see the spiderweb in this picture until I put it on the computer.
The wheelbarrow truck is parked by the garden with our new harvesting station in the back. When we get some spare time (haha!) we will put it up.
And, our certification is finally finalized AND I finally finished a snazzy farm logo for us!
Both were a bit of a work in progress and I am glad to have it finished. This picture is taken from our new produce labels!
It took me quite a while to put a logo together. It seems like it would be fun and easy but I really wavered over how to define our farm in an image. Our products have been changing slowly over time as we learn what works for us and the micro climate of our farm, so I didn't want to chose a particular product we are growing or raising.
This logo is actually quite dear to my heart and I will try to quickly explain why.
When Matt and I met we were working on a farm, or more of an acreage. I worked in the barn and I just loved to watch the barn swallows nesting and raising babies together. My favourite was when they would sit on the edge of their nest together, so close that their ruffled feathers would intertwine. They would just chatter and chatter in a way that seemed so content and companionable. As a teenager that was my dream for the future. God has blessed me so much more than I ever could have imagined then!
