It's a girl!

Finally, a ewe lamb was born last Thursday. This one's a real cutie--lots of colors and very delicate.

What's growing here

Peas, carrots, and radishes next to irises.

The cold frame that we planted in January is now yielding a salad every day so we are finally enjoying fresh veggies from the garden again. We also have several broccoli plants thriving in here.


A few strawberries and spinach to get us inspired for the season.


Here we have more lettuce, more broccoli, and some beets started.


Inside we have tomatoes, basil, peppers, chiles, and a few random herbs and flowers going.





Eliza took this photo of the baby basil.

Dirty work

Eliza helped Chris put in some new turnouts for irrigating. They used mud to fix them in place, which is a job that a girl like Eli just can't refuse. It makes for a dirty dad and happy daughter.

Hard work

Last weekend we rented a Bobcat to finish our driveway and get some random tasks done. A friend came over to help and jumped at the chance to climb the windmill tower to take photos of the action.

Here is Chris driving the Bobcat and preparing a site for a new 30 foot diameter cistern that will store water and provide a place for us to raise our own fish.



A view of the house from above.


The cistern going in.




The driveway is done!


Most of the piles of construction materials are gone from the front yard. Our vegetable garden will be primarily to the East and Southeast of the house. Chris moved in a lot of sand to mix with our natural clay soil.


He also dug out a pond in the front area which quickly became the world's best sandbox ever.

Great timing

This is what happened the day I got my camera back! It had been cold and blustery all day but the sun decided to break through the clouds just as it was setting. In the East it was still raining. So we had a full rainbow right outside the front door. Of course, the photos don't do it justice.

Time with Nino

We spent about ten days living at my Mom's house at the beginning of March to help her recover from surgery. It was a nice change from farm life and while it wasn't any less work, it was a fun time. The kids wasted no time in making it feel like home.

Ouch!

The week before Mom's surgery we found an enormous chicken egg! Scotty was sure it would have a double yolk so we hard boiled it because we thought that would be a cool way to see it.

That must have hurt!