Drama Week

This week has been a nightmare! Started on Monday going to help daughter #2 finish moving, that went ok even though we needed to drive an hour to help. Long day and the little kids and I were beat. Managed to keep the household/farm running pretty smoothly.

Tuesday started out good, and I thought at about 7:30 I so have things together. Big, huge mistake! Tuesday is produce delivery day, so I need to bake mini breads first thing in the morning and then harvest. Well by 7:45 two of our sows had busted out of their pen. So after moving multiple pigs around and some pen revamping we got everyone situated. So by 9:00 I am back at the house to start baking, got that done along with vacuuming and hanging out the laundry. By 10:15 on to the garden to harvest, of course hot already but I could manage. Fifteen minutes later Alex is rushing Alyssa to the house, she stepped on a nail, so out comes the peroxide and after some cleaning things are okay. Needed to find her shot records, so realized she needed a tetnus shot. Back to harvesting and will get the shot on our delivery route in the afternoon. So the rest of the afternoon is uneventful, get everything done, daughter #2, Amanda decides to come up for the night, so have to make a decent dinner etc.

Wednesday was looking really promising, that is my quiet day, no deliveries, I usually don't even need to go to town. I try to can or do some other project that needs done. Well by 9:30 Alyssa was at the house from the barn sick. She looked awful, as the day progressed she was getting worse and her fever was getting higher. Took her back to the clinic thinking maybe a reaction to the shot, ended up at the ER with a meningitis scare, only to end up being a reaction to the tetnus shot. Imagine that, I thought that was what it might be, so tons of tests later, she is fine!

Thank God! I can't remember the last time I was so scared.

Needless to say I am hoping for a quiet day of baking today! Will be another hot one today, with thunderstorms possible this afternoon.

Our tour and a field trip!

Our workshop went really well, we had about 15 people total. We toured by the chicken coop, then on to the barn to see all the animals. We then went through the garden to end up at the picnic area in the shade for snacks and networking time. The weather looked ugly in the morning but cleared off nicely by noon. I think everyone left with some good farm info and hopefully can apply it to their future projects.

Went to a workshop last night at High Country Orchard at Greenbluff. They were talking about food safety and value-added projects, really good info provided. They have awesome outside areas for their customers and we finished the evening off with pie, so worth the drive!

So needless to say today I am tired, went to bed way past my bedtime. Need to go harvest more brocolli to blanch and freeze, we are in brocolli heaven this season. Also need to have the kids check on the pie cherries, might be making pie filling and jam this week, gotta love farm life, never a dull moment. Thank goodness for winter, then I can catch up on my sleep!

Week 2 of produce deliveries went well this week, everyone loved what was in their bags last week, I love how every week something new ripens, it is so fun to put new stuff in the bags every week. The kids decided they like harvesting and washing way better than weeding.

I hope everyones summer is going well!

Farm Life

This is an early spring shot of the garden, it has grown alot since this picture was taken.

So what have we done lately, well lots of weeding, the kids have been doing an awesome job, as well as my dear hubby, we have all been working really hard getting ready for our workshop/tour we are hosting this Sunday, July 12. A fabulous organization we belong to, Rural Roots, is coordinating this and we are hosting.

http://www.ruralroots.org/

So of course, my crazy, perfection ways take over, like a farm can be perfect, please!!! But, I will try of course, lol. This week is reality week, just getting done what we absolutely can. But I am sure everything will look fine, it always does.

Betsi had her piglets last week, she had 10 but we have 6 left. That is the life of a pig farmer, the mortality rate is high, but it so so worth it, I love the piglets!

Last week, we picked up our first load of hay, four tons! And used our elevator to move it to the back of the barn, that was awesome! This week we will pick up six more tons, that should get us through the winter. Have I mentioned I hate to move hay, I am the stacker, and I hate it, but when it is done I am so relieved!!!

We had some really nice rain today, a bit of wind, but so much cooler than last week, like 15 degrees cooler! It sure felt good after last weeks heat. Most of this week will be cooler with a few rain showers here and there, good farm work weather that is for sure!

I will let you know how the tour went next week, wish me luck!