December 31, 2016

December Phenology

December has once again come and gone, bringing 2016 to an end.  

What a year it has been!  Here is what has been happening this month:


- As mentioned in the previous post Lilly calved a bull calf.

- On Dec. 17th Trinidad calved a heifer calf, who has been named Plum.
Plum is a little shy

-Autumn and Artichoke were both weaned and moved to the heifer barn

-December 20th brought another bull calf who's dam is Whisper

-Aubergine was born on Dec. 27th, her dam is Amethyst

- After being moved to the dairy barn, in holiday style, Cranberry had a heifer calf on December 30th.
Her calf is named Huckleberry. (Pictures to come shortly)

Cranberry is now a cow!!








December 12, 2016

Lilly's calf


Early this morning Lilly gave birth to a bull calf.

Bull Calf

Lilly

December 6, 2016

November Phenology

Our season ended in mid November, but the farm keeps on going... and going... and going :)

Below are some of our highlights from Spring Brook Farm since the students have left.

    - All the heifers were moved into the heifer barn.

    - We have had 3 calfs born.
          - November 17th Julia gave birth to a bull calf
          - Coraline gave birth to a heifer calf on November 26th, who we named Cassidy
          - Friday December 2nd Astrid gave birth to a heifer calf, who is named Aubrey

    - Fiat (a heifer) was moved into the Small Animal Barn to recover from all the pushing in the                                    
           heifer barn.  She is doing quite well hanging out with the calves, though.

    - Our garden was officially put to bed for the winter.

    - The floor upstairs in the dorm is being sanded and varnished, it is going to be so pretty and shiny.

    - Our last two pigs finally left the farm.





December 5, 2016

Welcome!

Welcome to Farms for City Kids Tidbits blog!  We, as the farm educators, now have the ability to more directly keep in contact with students, teachers, and friends who visit our farm and want to know how the farm is going after they leave.

Teachers and students should feel free to give specific requests of animals or plants they would like updates on.  Otherwise our goal of this blog is to share what is happening on the farm, mostly phenologically, and keep everyone up-to-date on any up coming events.