Have I mentioned that the spring is a busy time at the farm?  It seems that no matter how fast I work I always go to bed with a few things that just didn't get done.  We realized at lunch today that last year's kids are all due to kid in the next two weeks.  It seems like it snuck up on us.  So that means that we will spend some time this afternoon cleaning out maternity pens, trimming hooves/hair, giving CD&T vaccines (which really should have been done before now) at the barn.  In addition to that activity, we also need to finish putting the clips onto the new fence.  The guys got it pulled tight and enough clips to hold it in place overnight, but have to finish that now.  The girls and I are headed out to the garden to mulch the tomato plants and of course weed a bit.  I also owe the doodle bug (Miss J) some time to plant her squash.  For some informal preschool math and science she is planting squash.  Yesterday she counted out six seeds and put them in water to soak.  Today she will divide them in half and plant into two hills.  Later I'll let her measure them and count how many sprouted.  I hope that she has a green thumb because she has such a desire to play in the dirt and garden.  It's kind of funny to see a 4 year old that would rather plant vegetables and weed than play.

Yesterday was also busy even though I was accused of sitting on the porch all day by Mr. P.  I made a batch of Farmhouse cheddar cheese.  It just so happens that it takes a long time to make cheese and can I help it if the directions say:  Add culture, wait 45 minutes....add rennett, wait 45 minutes....cut curds and heat slowly for 30 minutes....drain curds in cheesecloth for 1 hour....etc, etc.  So I took advantage of the pretty day and opened the kitchen windows so I could easily see and hear the children playing on the porch during the intervals that I was in the house actively working on the cheese.  When I read the part about "wait 45 minutes, etc"  I read that as "sit on the porch and enjoy the sunshine and children for 45 minutes.  It was a very nice afternoon and I even got a little home school planning.  The cheese is still in the press, by the way, and in about 3 more days I'll put it to age in the cheese cave (aka a mini-fridge).  I'll try to take some photos of it when it comes out of the press.   Have a blessed Lord's Day.


Blessings,
Mrs. P

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