Bob | April 21, 2009
The first blooms are out, and of course they are the daffodils. The hint of yellow here and there when you walk outside is awesome. Tulips should be coming on soon as I see most of them are in bud stage. It seems a little late, but every year is different.
Bob | April 20, 2009
All of our nutrient inputs come in the form of composted cow, sheep, and goat manure. Each year in April we have a number of loads of cow manure delivered from the neighbour, and we mix that with our pile of sheep and goat manure. That pile gets flipped about 3 times over 12 months, [...]
Bob | April 15, 2009
We spent a bit of time putting up a divider fence in our pasture. Our goal this year is to split the pasture into three equal areas and then rotate the sheep and goats through those areas every three weeks. This should reduce worm load, as well as give the grass a chance [...]
Bob | April 9, 2009
The barn hasn’t been used for almost 10 years and there is quite a bit of loose hay in the hay mow. We’ve slowly been cleaning it up as we need more space for our own hay. The result is quite a huge pile of really really old dusty hay that we mix with our [...]
Bob | April 8, 2009
Winter came back, which although not unheard of in April is certainly unwelcome. Yesterday any outside work was done once again with gloves and toques and coats. By this weekend we’re supposed to be back in the warmer weather.
Bob | April 7, 2009
The silver maple trees are enjoyed the warm weather of the weekend and started to send out little “feelers”. Most of the growth will slow down today with the nice April snow we received.
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