March 1, 2011

Things here on the farm are coming together very nicely for the 2011 season. We have had plenty of rain, and a lot of warm sunshine! The warm days make it feel as if we have skipped spring, but tonight

(low of 31) is another reminder that we have not left winter completely yet! The two major changes that we look forward to in the spring are the cherry tree in the back to come into bloom, and for all of the daffodils to start blooming. The cherry tree is a little slow this year, but I did notice the first actual daffodil flowers today!

Glory is always very attentive to what is going around her, even if she has to stretch!  She has definitely been known for her smile!  Its really neat to watch others when they meet her for the first time as they stop in mid sentence to comment on her vivid smile! Names do mean something!

The girls are becoming women, and they are enjoying every bit of it! Now if I could just get them to iron my clothes!

This is our friends', the Akiki's, children with our children. It was a house full! All very close in age, how fun would that be!!! ( and  we are missing the newest Akiki boy)

The inside of our new Soap Shop. Now we have more room in the house, and more room to make products! How exciting!

The soap lady in action!

See, she's doing it again...

Almost complete, but very functional. We are adding our processing area to the back side so we can wash produce, and process chickens!

Our first batch of meat chickens for 2011. There are 200 of them in the brooder, and they are very lively!

We have had an excellent response to the newspaper article that our local paper did. It is becoming very apparent that many people are aware that their normal food supply is not doing the job anymore. It's nice to be a part of the local food movement, and to be able to provide real food!