Freedom Acres Farm

Busy Busy Busy on our little farm

Our calf was born on Tuesday - 2 months earlier than we expected!!! She is doing great and so is mama! Mama was a nurse cow before we got her so she has not been hand milked before. She is doing well and we're actually catching on fairly quickly too. We got a whole quart of colostrum out of her last evening. We are looking forward to some good fresh raw milk after the weekend.

Right now we have 1 cow, 1 calf, 1 cat, 3 kittens, 1 dog, 1 puppy, 3 rabbits, 6 bunnies, 17 chickens, and 20 chicks on our farm. We're busy running around trying to get things done and we haven't even begun to think about the garden yet. Hopefully I'll get in there to start loosening the dirt next week. We are planning a trip later in the month to Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah IA. I am excited to get heirloom seeds and as many organics as I possibly can!!

I'm off to bake some cookies to warm up the house because I don't want to go as far as to build a fire this morning. 43 degrees outside and only 63 inside - those warm cookies will taste good!!!

Hope you're enjoying your spring as much as I am

The Snow is Gone

The Snow if finally gone and I can truly think of Spring! Spring always means homeschool conference time. This weekend we will be attending our convention in Duluth. I am looking forward to this one especially because I will be looking for things for my preschoolers to do. I've never homeschooled preschoolers before and I can't wait to do lots of fun things with them. I am also excited to look for materials for Hannah. We began "doing" homeschool in a Charlotte Mason method this past year and she and I are both loving it! I can't wait to find all kinds of living books!! I truly love homeschooling and am so blessed to be callled by God to do this!

Spring also means garden thoughts! We are planning a trip to Decorah Iowa to Seed Savers Exchange this year. My whole family has promised to ride along and enjoy the day with me for my Mother's Day present. I am SO excited! I can't wait to have heirloom seeds and plants that I can manage and pass down to my children!!

And this year Spring means getting the pasture built for the cow we bought last month :-) We finished our barnyard but now we need to get a pasture up for her. She'll calve in July so we are trying to finish getting set up before the babe comes.

Happy Spring!