Joys of Farming

So we got some snow on Valentines day. The dogs like to play in it, but the chickens hate it! I am just done with winter, snow & cold. We've also had some below zero nights. YUCK! I want NEED Spring!

On Saturday, we realized the freezer part of the refrigerator in the store broke. Even though it's really small, we had it packed with meat = a $310 dollar loss. Not fun!

We are anxiously awaiting sugaring season. Today, we are were going to tap our lines, hoping to get the first run this week. Mark filled our gathering tank with water & hitched the trailer to his tractor, so K3 & I could clean the sap tank in the woods, while he and K3's boyfriend tapped the lines. We are all ready, dogs can't wait to run @ Grandpa's, and the tractor dies. Which means he is trying to fix it while we wait.The day is flying by, looking like we aren't going to tap today. These are just the joys hardships of farming.

Here's some pics from the week:

Poor Miley, her cone is like a shovel in the snow.

On chicken was brave.

This is 5 minutes after I mopped. Looks great, doesn't it?

JD is growing. This is his puppy sweater, looks like a cap on him now.
I had to buy him a new collar, because he outgrew the one I got him a month ago. His feet are giant. We can hear him coming in any room, just by the noise his big paws make.

Sheep are getting big with lambs!

K1 has been working with her horse. We had to sedate him to get him home when we bought him.Now he walks right on.