Crossed off the "Honey Do" list, today!

Here are a few pictures, I still haven't figured out this camera of Mike's.
Cortney and her two bum lambs, Luke and John. It's so cute because
they follow her everywhere and they listen to her too! I keep reminding
her that they go back to our friend by end of April. She insists she knows
but ...... I see her getting so attached.

These are our turkeys, free ranging for the afternooon.
The grass is just beginning to green up and they love
picking around for just that right morsel. We have 12 altogether
and four toms and four hens are slated to be butchered, soon.
Our Narraganset hen and a Bronze hen are already laying eggs.
We pray we get two good nest hatches as we did last year, as
we are beginning to establish a good customer base. Selling
our turkeys, live or butchered. We donated a butchered turkey a few
years ago and the word spread quickly how big it was( dressed
out at 33lbs) and how delicious it was. Once you've had fresh,
free range, natural turkey you'll never go back to frozen storebought
turkey.

Today we all had our chores, Mike worked on his Farmall M tractor
and PTL! he finally got it running. This has been a work in progress for
close to a year now. He was so excited he had to take it for a test
drive down the road a bit and then played with the loader a bit as well.
This is going to come in very handy in a few weeks when we start
spreading manure on the pastures. Last Spring Mike was able to
borrow the company bobcat to load the manure spreader, in years
previous to that we've loaded it by hand. Having a tractor with a loader
and bucket is a HUGE blessing!

Cortney dealt with the lambs, rode Mo, and helped prepare dinner.
She also bundled branches as the lambs nibbled around the orchard.

I made Indian Fry Bread( see recipe below) for breakfast. My Dad
came over for Sat. morning coffee and conversation, I washed
dishes while listening.
We'd planned to begin setting up the new
greenhouse, but our weather is changing yet again. Monday our
forecast is to receive up to 2 ft of snow! I just keep telling myself,
it's a blessing as we really need the moisture( okay not believing it
for a minute because I NEED spring, LOL!). I also misted our seed
starts. Nothing is up yet, but I'm guessing with a few more days of
sunshine and heat we'll see green seedlings popping through.

We invited Jon for supper and he gladly accepted. Our supper was
BBQ ed T bone and rib steak, homemade macaroni and cheese
and home canned green beans.

Indian Fry Bread
1c. unbleached white flour
1c. whole wheat flour
1/2c. powdered milk
1-1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbsp. baking powder
3/4 c. warm water
2Tbsp. oil or melted lard
Mix in given order, mixing thoroughly. Knead dough 4-5 times on
a floured surface.
Preheat olive oil or lard in a frying pan, enough
to be 1" deep in pan.
Roll dough or press out with the heal of your hand
1/4" thick. Slice into small squares( 2x2"). Place pieces in hot oil
and turn when golden brown, until golden grown, then remove and
serve warm with maple syrup, honey, powdered sugar or cinnamon
and sugar. Enjoy!

Before the storm begins to roll in, in the afternoon tomorrow, I'll try
to get some updated pictures of the animals, how the root cellar
looks with all the dirt in place and some update pictures of our place.
So as Ellie Mae, of The Beverly Hillbillies would say,

"Y'all come back now ya hear!"