Some photos around the farm, this week! It's time to get back into our photo update routine. With nice(r) weather and thawing ground we will be getting more active outside. Dear me! You'll need some pics of the greenhouse plants in the next one - things are growing!
Ragnar's favorite place to hang out these days is on top of the cozy, warm chick brooder. He just sits there and watches when I am tending to them. They are growing fast and have their awkward young feathers coming in.
The piglets were weaned this week. One by one we are winning them over and getting them to flop down for belly rubs. Elsa, pictured, is quite happy to to be done nursing.
We have been busy canning shredded chicken and chicken stock/bone broth. Read our blog post
From the Pantry :: March for other kitchen shenanigans.
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| Canned chicken and broth. |
John is gearing up for grafting apple, apricot and plum trees for the farm, as well as teaching a grafting workshop in New Ulm this Saturday. The workshop is tidied up and ready to begin!
The first round of Sponsor-A-Tree signs are finished! We are so grateful for our members' financial support of our growing orchard. For orchard updates check out our
Apples page.
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| Signs for our members/farm fans who have sponsored a tree. |
Crazy winds have been defining the last week and the first spring storm rolled through on Monday, March 6th. The smell was delicious, but I'll hold on to winter for a bit longer. Normal temps are good for the orchard trees - breaking dormancy early/bud development ahead of schedule always comes with the threat of frost damage.
Things are growing around the farm already - chives above, rhubarb below.
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| Rhubarb growth. |
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| Cedar posts for trellising. |
Just around the corner is tree planting on our new land!! John and Larry have been busy harvesting cedars for the apple tree trellis system. Below, John has staked out the tree rows on the new land. (The Quonset hut is ours now too!)
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| Apple tree row staking on our new land. |
I have been enjoying hard boiled eggs more frequently - good, easy, healthful protein! Look at those beautiful yolks.
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| Hard boilers. |
That's all for now, thanks for stopping!
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