Busy days!

So spring hasn't officially started yet and I am already busy! Last week, got a call from a gal who had 4 day old orphaned piglets, her sow pulled her heat lamp down and burned up her shed, mama didn't make it out but the piglets did. The gal had given away 2 and got my number from the Sandpoint extension office. She had 5 left and asked me if I wanted them so I said sure, so off on a road trip to pick them up! Super cute but kind of tramatized, got them to eat milk replacer from a pan by that afternoon. Of course they are in the kitchen so I could keep an eye on them!

Lost one at the end of last week, the couple was new to pigs and didn't know they needed to iodine their umbilical cords when first born. The other four are doing great now, so I should be okay at this point. I love baby pigs! They are my favorite farm animals.

Chicks arrived at the feed store for me on Wednesday, this year we are raising Speckled Sussex, I saw them at fair last year, they are super cool looking, and they are adorable chicks! Every year we raise a different breed so we can keep track how old everyone is and when we need to cull.

Plants are growing in the basement, tomatoes and most of the peppers are up, just started some herbs and lettuces this week, and am going to start some flowers today. The pellet stove is keeping the basement nice and warm for them so they will be ready to head to the greenhouse by the end of March and then I can start transplanting!

eded the cold frame with spinach, will reseed another in two weeks, am trying to work on my succession planting, that is one area I really blow it in. I just seed, transplant and move on, need to rethink that idea.

So in the mist of all this great weather we are having yard clean-up has started. We started raking and cleaning up branches, cleaned the goat barn last week getting ready for kidding this month. Only have 2 does that look to be expecting so that is manageable.

Still working on my spring cleaning projects, sewed new valances for the sun porch and busy dusting it down and washed the inside of the windows, now if we can get the outside windows washed that would be an accomplishment...hope to clean the chicken coop this weekend, we will see...our last basketball game is Saturday, yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now we have Saturdays to do farm work until the Farmers Market starts in May...life just goes on and on, but we love it!