Wednesday, September 30, 2009

The Dairy















Well the dairy is almost done!!! Above is the milking parlor, we still have a little left to do on the walls, like paint them, but it's ready to use and I'm so happy to finally be in out of the weather again!















Above is the new handwashing station next to the door that we put in about a week ago, and below you can see the large 3 compartment sink we put in to clean and sanitize the equipment. And I know it's boring but there is the equipment rack beyond the fridge, with the ice bath cooler and the glass jugs with their strainers on them waiting to be filled with milk! Inspector is coming on Friday to see what we've done and let us know what else needs to be acomplished...whew! it's almost done!!!



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Fall Football - The Twins

Here are the twin grandsons in their new football gear for their team, they are just toooooooooooo cute!!!!

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Bunny Hat

Here is Lindsey with our friend Salix, she is wearing the bunny hat her mom made from Lindsey's handspun angora/wool yarn.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Late September on the Farm

Everyone works on the farm!!! Weve got milking to do, hoofs to trim, building to paint, plants to harvest and seeds to plant!














I'm busy seed saving spinach here, earlier it was kale and char I was saving. Now that bed is ready to be replanted...except for those two little green pepper plants that are still producing lucious green peppers for our stirfrys!














Our WWOOFers are really happy to be here and really enjoy the varied tasks as well as the oportunity to do things they wouldn't normall get the chance to do!!















WWOOF stands for World Wide Organic Opportunity Farming...check it out on the web.

Plus we get to enjoy the fruits of our harvest such as the cherries canned in mid summer turned into a lucious cherry pie!!!







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