City Kids - Week 9

"April showers bring May flowers"

It is almost May and all the rain and snow from the beginning of April mixing with the sunshine is making some of the flowers start to pop.

This week farmer's spotted Trout Lily's, 

Wild Leeks, Colts Foot, Daffodils and 

Trillium sprouting in the woods.

Daffodils blooming by Sugar House

  Colts Foot….one of CKAL's wild edibles              

Trillium found blooming on Thursday hike

Everything is become green.

All the trees have their buds and sprouting

little leaflets.

Students marveling at the new buds on the tree.

While the natural world is changing into spring before our eyes, the farm had it's own new arrivals.

Pigs!!  6 Berkshire pigs, about 5 months old.

Chicks came on Thursday!!

Also meat chicks arrived!! 

(Replacing our recently processed birds.)

And a Belted Galloway heifer calf, named Luna, joined the Small Animal Barn.

So cute, with the puppy dog eyes.

Since I was in the Small Animal Barn, the others also wanted their photo taken, so here is a photo update of all the animals in the Small Animal Barn.

Springberry now about 1 month old

Jewel resting in the warm weather!!

Pilot….still asking for more milk please :)

Wink and Jelly, no longer camera shy, enjoying hanging out together as weaned heifers.