Farm Journal

We finally got it! The newest price list is posted on the site. The next order will be September 14th. Check it out and get your orders and checks to me by the 7th if you can.

Well, our new heifer is healthy, however, 31 is not letting her nurse. So we are milking 31 and bottle feeding the heifer. That will make her more friendly anyway, so we don’t mind. We haven’t come up with a name yet, any suggestions are welcome!

31 has a hard spot on her udder but she doesn’t have mastitis.. hope it will clear up as her milk comes in.

Shabbat Shalom!

Yah has blessed the farm again with His increase! 31 had her calf today! It is a heifer and she is gorgeous! She has a white spot on her face and a white leg (She is a spotted Jersey). I will post pics soon. Mama and calf are doing great. We will be milking Mama this week because her utter is so big and the calf could not possibly use all the colostrum. We will save it for future calves or to sell. We will have extra milk for sale in a week or so.

It has come to my attention that several people are not getting our emails from the list serve. Please check your settings on your email servers to make sure it is not being sent to the spam folder or deleted.

We will also be posting on the new blog on the website, so if you aren’t getting the emails you can check the blog and find info here.

We will be having another co-op purchase on September 14th, we need your orders in by September 7th so we can get the correct prices to you. The prices are not correct on the product list. Once you receive the correct prices you can mail or bring by a check to cover the purchase.

Sorry to all that missed the last co-op purchase.

Only have a minute… we got 9 eggs and just under a gallon of milk. We increased the amount of alfalfa Shemayim is getting and helped with the milk production. 31 will calf at the end of the month, she is looking good.

Haven’t done tomatoes yet… hope to do it in the morning.

Well, I’m off to take Grandpa to doctor.

I have been so busy… Satch and Kevin have been keeping chores up. I was in B-ham with Shelly for her neuropsych eval for possible brain surgery. I spent Sunday with PK in the morning for breakfast and shopping and with Shelly all afternoon running errands and hanging out. Monday and Tuesday I spent the day at the hospital with my mom. She had part of her thyroid removed and the goiter and nodules removed. She is doing fine, but I’m tired.

While at the hospital with nothing to do, I read a novel called Etta. It is set in late 1800’s early 1900’s and is an historical fiction about the life of Etta Place, the infamous running mate of Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy. It was a great story filled with all the great things a good novel should have. It is difficult to know where reality/history ends and fiction begins and this makes for a very believable epic.

Tomorrow I take my FIL to the doc and should be settled down again for a few days. Monday and Friday next week we have appointments again. I was looking forward to the start of school, but that will have to be on hold for another week. Maybe we can get started Monday morning and take Friday off.  Praying for Yah to continue to lead and guide us, keep us and train us as we walk this tedious journey.