Costa Family Farm

Rain, rain, rain and the Orchard has blooms!

The ducks are extremely happy! Even a cold and wet Spring is nice. It is so GREEN!

I groomed the pony last week and noticed her mane isn't as long as usual, nor is her winter coat letting go as it usually does. The farrier trimmed her feet: one had chipped, which is also a first. I remembered we decreased her protein last Fall, and I am upping it again.

The most beautiful thing is happening: blossoms in the orchard! This is wonderful to us. The baby trees were put in our first Spring here, 2000. We also had a new Baby then, our 5th son. Each child has a fruit tree in the orchard. My second son's pear tree is covered! They are all excited about their trees. It took a lot of patience. Waiting 6 years is half or more than half, a whole or more than a whole lifetime so far for all of the children except our oldest (14).

The men fixed the mower and cut this place in an amazing amount of time (to me). Hubby got the part he needed for his tractor welded ($6!), a stabilizing part for the hitch. I hope he gets to brush-hog all the fields, so those scratchy plants don't come up!

We bought flowers on Mother's Day but I won't be putting them in the children's beds in this rain!