Farm Blog
April 2011
by Cynthia Nawiesniak on 04/14/11
It's a busy time here on the farm. We had the vet out to look at our herd this week. Dr. Zack confirmed that all but one of our cows will bear a calf this summer. A cow we call Busy that lost a calf early in her pregnancy has been successfully re-bred and is due in early December. She is one of our three milking cows and by having each of them give birth at a different time during the year keeps us in fresh milk all year round.
My best mouser and farm busybody (you know what I mean if you've visited the farm and met her) disappeared for close to a week. Last night while I was closing up the greenhouse Tinkerbell showed up out of nowhere. I was worried I'd never see here again and I'm glad she's back.
The auction this past weekend was productive as we acquired another small walk-in cooler. It will be nice to have a separate tomato room this season. I hoped to buy another tractor, but the bidding quickly went past my budget.
The warmer daytime and cool night time temperatures are making our Spring Share crops grow. All the cold we were having stalled them out....radishes we planted in the high tunnel in January were only about an inch tall. We seeded our tomatoes last week and have hundreds of tiny seedlings already up and growing. Six different kinds of summer squash went into cells today. Our greenhouse has exploded with transplants and we've moved thousands of seedlings outside to harden off before planting out in the field.


