Good day, well if you can call 8 days of off and on rainfall good. We are alive and well, after a course of 24 hour flu ran through Cortney and I last weekend and into early this week. Let me tell you I haven't been sick in 4 yrs and this flu bug was a doozy! I was totally down and out for two days and it took another three days after that to even feel back to 100% Mike was working out of town when it hit and Cortney did a great job, until she came down with it too, but thankfully by then I was recovering well . That is one thing about having animals, they still need to be fed,milked and barns cleaned, it doesn't matter that you feel like death warmed over.
Not much progression in the garden, everything it setting in water and I'm praying it doesn't all rot. This rain, called a "Toad Strangler" by the local weather man, is supposed to last through Sunday. I've lost count but in the time it's been raining we've received approx. 6-7 inches of rain and today is fore casted to net us another possible 3-4" ! The river is rising, but still not even close to flood stage and it's my prayer it stays that way too. Some creeks and streams in the area have been flooding and causing issues with roads but not anywhere close to our local.
Remember our goat girls, well the lady who we adopted them from hated horns and chopped back Gingers, but not enough to bleed, and then banded both of the girls horns. Yesterday one of Angels bands cut the horn and it was dangling, a bloody mess. We treated Angel with Yarrow( right on the horn sight) to stop the bleeding as well as Arnica Montana for pain. I then called the vet and we set up for her to visit at 9 am this morning, to remove the horn. After looking at both horns we also decided that the other horn wasn't going to be on long either, so she sedated Angel, injected some pain killer at the base of the horns and proceeded to remove them both. I expected a bloody mess but the bands had done their work and really there was only a few drips of blood to wipe off her face. It took almost an hour for the sedation to wear off and Angel is up on her feet, eating and drinking again. We'll keep a close eye on her today, but the vet says she's well on her way to healing nicely.
All of our wet weather has hampered our yard and garden work, so not much to take photos of.
We did have our first CSA basket pick up yesterday. Thank the Lord for our greenhouse and all that is growing and producing for us. It's our prayer that we see a couple good weeks of sunshine filled days and then everything planted should just POP! I also have much more to plant, including our plants. The tomatoes are now 12-14" tall and the peppers and eggplant are getting root bound in their 6" pots.
I need to plant some of the herbs as well, they are absolutely beautiful and smell so wonderful.
I think later this afternoon we'll run into town( 26 miles north of us) and buy some feed for the poultry and stop in the local nursery and look at a few flowers for our planters. I'm also looking for Summer Savory and a few new herbs for our herb beds.
Speaking of poultry, we do have two turkey hens, who've hatched a dozen poults. We're trying to disturb them as little as possible, so they don't get chilled and end up sick and dying( the babies that is)
We also have sent the lambs home and soon the two kid goats will be weaned and gone as well. Maybe this is a sign that our wet, cold, grey Montana Spring is coming to a close, BRING ON THE SUNSHINE AND HEAT!!!!! LOL!!!! For heavens sake it's mid May and we're still burning a small fire in the stove each evenings to chase away the dampness. *sigh* Makes it difficult to stockpile wood when you're still burning it.
It's been awhile and had some free time, so thought we'd check in and update our blog. Sorry the posts are far and few between but that life right now, I'm hoping to settle into a routine of posting, at least once a week. Thanks for hanging in there with us, as I always say "Life is NEVER Dull on The Never Done Farm! Blessings to each of you and your weekend :o)
