The curious farmer…..
Until I can figure out how to post a video to my blog, head over to fb at the link below to see the cute video of the little farmer inspecting his new calf!
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010689811909
This weeks veggies: Napa cabbage, lettuce, kale, carrots, radishes, and beets! So my mom took boiled beets and shredded them in her tuna salad and it was this amazing pink! Your kids will love that! I also love to slice them thin and lightly oil and salt them and bake so they taste like potato chips! The napa cabbage is great used as lettuce or cooked. Last week I posted a great recipe on facebook for a slaw type meal with it. We peeled and cut our carrots last night and put them in the instant pot with some honey and butter and cooked for 8 minutes. Then I sauteed them until the liquid was reduced. They tasted like candy! Enjoy!
We are enjoying this sunshine and we are busy planting potatoes, and onions and more greens! The first crop of squash, tomatoes and peppers is in the greenhouse and our first outdoor planting is almost ready to go outside! Spring is very busy around here! We got some new piglets yesterday and they don’t like us yet! Several of them escaped from our “training pen”. We have to teach them to stay in the electric fence so we can eventually graze them. Wow these guys were not quick learners, they just kept zapping themselves on the wire. Finally they calmed down when we offered them some straw to make into a bed. We have been sharing some milk with them so hopefully they will soon be friendly! And can go into their piggery and then onto pasture.
We decided to name Sapphire’s calf Opal, thanks for all the suggestions! She did go to a new farm the other day and will one day be their milk cow! But Rosemary’s calf still needs a name and the judges can’t decide, there are a lot of good ones! She will be down by the cabin in a few more days for visiting. In the mean time, she’s getting lots of snuggles from us. We will be keeping her so let’s find a great name, in the herb or spice family preferably!
We have been working on our schedule around here and hope our ideas can help you find a new normal in your altered routine. Animals, children and even adults thrive on schedules! The seasons dictate some of ours, but we find we really thrive when we know what is coming next. It helps when something like illness or the arrival of a new calf are not easy to predict. We have scheduled meal times so all the farmers can know when they are going to be fed again! Including snack time. We all have different things to do, but I try to make them align so we all eat each meal together. Then the homeschooling happens in the morning after all the animals are fed. We also schedule our family Bible time. We each have household chores that also happen at the same time each day. It really helps us to have structure and know when it’s work time and when it’s play time! I hope your days are filled with good food, learning new things and joy!
We had a different experience packing meat shares for people this week instead of enjoying watching you all choose your items. Although we did take time to pray for you while packing your shares, and thinking about your families and how you may be learning new things during this time. So different isn’t always bad, just different. Though we look forward to having you pack your own shares again, we were happy to pack for you with your meat share forms. If we are still having to do them next month, I’ll send a reminder, but we will need them the Tuesday before pick up in order to fill them. Meat pick up for May is actually going to be April 30th and May 2nd. We will also probably make some kind of veggie selection form once May comes if we still have restrictions. Let’s all take it a day at a time, though!
Blessings and be well,
The Bakers