City Kids - Week 18

It is the last week of June already...time really does fly
when you are having fun on a farm!!

Some changes happened in the small animal barn the week.

Springberry moved in for a bit….she likes her window view.

Farmer's watching Aqua's feet emerge

Asia had a heifer calf!  

Which the farmer's this week, after watching her be born, named Aqua.

Aqua being fed a bottle of milk.

Aqua being licked by Asia

Jiowa being taught to drink through his door.

On the same day Jamie had a bull calf,

which the farmers (with the help of their teacher) 

named Jiowa

Kiwi is a champ!!

Kiwi, the new heifer from last week, is already so big 

and drinking her milk from a bucket!

Farmer love

From the small animal barn to out into the pastures,

our most recently weaned heifers, Jelly, Wink, Pilot, and Jewel,

got a lot of love this week from the farmers and were

moved into another pasture.

Enjoy the shade in their new pasture.

Up in the garden where it is green green green.
And the farmers, young and old, keep trying to stay ahead of the weeds.
Besides weeding there is a lot going on.

Harvested Peas!!

Little green tomatoes growing

Transplanted Onions

Harvested Radishes!!

Wild edibles growing in greenhouse gutters

On other news around the farm:

Turkey's eating from farmer's hands

The baby Robin's have flown from their nest.
They are now off to great new adventures!!

Realized Penny (the barn cat) as not had an appearance on here yet....soooo as a goodbye to June and a hello to July, Penny and the cows say Hi!

City Kids - Week 17

Summer is officially here!!

And the farmers welcomed it in with moving heifers,

witnessing a calf be born, making a home for our new baby turkeys,

and keeping our garden watered and free of weeds,

 so those plants can grow, grow, grow.

Turkey's being very curious of the camera

Turkeys only 5 days old!!

New calf Kiwi was born....below is here birth "story"

Kiwi's first exposure to the world

Kalypso pushing Kiwi the rest of the way out.

Kiwi was born!!!  Kalypso is cleaning her off.

Farmers herding heifers to a new location.

Watermelon growing strong in the greenhouse

Corn sprouting in mounds with our new gravity water system.

Garlic plants growing their scapes

Corn Sprouts!!!

Sugar Snap Pea pods growing

Our new watering system!!!!!

The start of our sunflower maze.

Outside the farm proper, we have wild strawberries growing by the dorm, the black raspberries starting to form, and the lilies starting to bloom but the dorm.

Strawberries

Green Black Raspberries

Lillies growing!!

Below is our update on the robin nest at the dorm. (Sorry I did not had the picture last week.)

Last week... baby robin's hatched

Last weeks photo

This week...and they are so big!!

This week - Looking for food,
and will soon be leaving the nest.

City Kids - Week 16

So many changes are big and large, but this week was full of 

small changes here and there all around the farm.

It is haying season!!

Fresh bailed hay in the barn

Black Raspberry bushes just finishing blooming

Black Berry bushes blooming

Rosy Maple Moth found at dorm

Staghorn Susan flower!!

Meat Chickens now 8 weeks old.

Fiona gave birth to a bull calf, which farmers named Fuego.

New baby pigs arrived at the farm!!!  

Not pictured is that the farmers this week got to see a deer in the pasture, when they lead the dairy cows outside in the morning.

Chamomile flowering

Potatoes were planted....many, many , many rows worth

Farmers spruced up the garden with Marigolds

Pole Beans are now planted

 Also this week farms harvest lettuce which we ate the the Top of the World with lunch!!!

Carrots are sprouting.