Well over the past couple of days we felt what spring/summer can feel like. Granted, April 2nd isn’t when you look for these types of days – but I’ll take them.
Joe was out tilling up the gardens to start getting ready for our May planting.
Alexis was out picking up rocks – with her entourage of chickens who seem to think that any time we start turning over the soil it’s the time for them to get all the worms. Doesn’t matter to them that we WANT the worms in the ground – no worm is safe!
On Monday we drove to pick up Jacob’s 4-H hogs – and at the same time pick up our breeding set of Berkshire hogs. You have to admit, Jacob’s hogs are very cute.
And true to their name, these pigs seem to like to eat – now they just need to get comfortable enough to start rooting around in our grass! When they get bigger we’ll be moving them to a shaded forest type pasture area for them to clean it up and out.
It was definitely a fun day. Lots of work also means some fun after we are done. We try and get everything major done by 3pm, then gather eggs while we all walk around and talk. Friends stopped by yesterday and it’s always fun when that happens. He has a little 3 year old son and it’s a blast to watch him look at the pigs “OINKing” all the way. So many people miss this type of thing and never even get to experience this.
Though I grew up on a place called by the school bus “country run” we weren’t really country. Maybe horse country and that’s where a lot of Loudoun County seems to be going, but real country is an experience. For us it’s every day life now – though I still go out to talk to the pigs and the chickens crack me up and I cheer for the little roosters chasing the standard sized hens across the field…..
I was talking to someone last night and I mentioned I went to go get the pigs and apparently they thought it was hillarious mainly because I made it sound like I went to the store to get milk – an every day occurrance.
Well it’s not 80 degrees today…. but it will be again soon….. soon it will be 100+ and we will be in the pool after the last egg gathering of the day.
For now, it’s just a day to sit in the shade….
