incubating eggs

it's that time of year again...

 

 

this time it's

 

duck eggs..

 

 

 

Tyler put 15 eggs in today...

 

 

we'll candle these in a couple of weeks,

to see how many are fertile...

 

 

update on April 3rd..

all 15 eggs are fertile :D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



snow is still with us

random shots around the farm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Ginny lays her first egg on the first day of Spring

 

yesterday we had some snow

 

not much accumulated

just enough to cover the driveway again

 

and enough to recover the paths

that the birds had been enjoying

the dirt and mud in

 

 

 

today even though

it does say

"First Day Of Spring"

on our calendar today..

 the weather has

other ideas

 

it's been dull/gray all day

with snow squalls

on and off

 throughout the day

 

 

 

doesn't look very "springy" out there,

does it?

 

 

even when the snow stopped

it was dark and dreary

 

but

the best moment of the day

happened when..

.

Tyler and I were outside,

at the exact time,

that we watched

Ginny

 lay her first egg!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



a "normal" Saturday again

it's been a long time getting here..

though in reality it's only been 5 months

 since Ron broke his leg,

and has been housebound...

 

but it feels longer

(more for him than for Tyler and I)

 

 

today was the first Saturday

since Oct 22 2012

that we did things like we

"normally" do..

 

 

Ron and I headed into town

to do errands

first thing in the morning..

 

then after lunch

they guys got back to

doing some things

they do together...

 

 

moving wood

 

and pruning trees!

 

Ron felt so great being out there

doing work again!

 

and it was fantastic seeing

him and Tyler

working side-by-side again

 

 

 

always a hunter..

even with a saw haha

(he was making the sound,

and doing the action of cocking a gun)

good thing he doesn't go to public school

he would have been suspended for that little action

(seriously, he probably would have)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ron's new saw

just arrived this week

 

 

it is a

Sugowaza Saw

 

 

 

they prunned

60 trees today

 

 

meanwhile around the fields.

 

the snow is going down..

a few weeks ago,

the snow was up around the middle rung

on this tomato cage..

 

the trees in the cattle field

are getting more ground showing

underneath them

 

 

the wheel on the trailer is starting to show

 

the trail in the bush

is crusted over

so you don't go through

the top layer of snow anymore

and my snowshoe tracks

are just barely visable

 

 

 

Charlie is feeling less closed in

 

 

 

 the pathway back to the house

is clear of snow

thanks to Ron plowing it

 

the ducks enjoy the snow-free

areas near their house

 

so does Ginny

(as Oreo watches from above)

 

 

but winter might take one more swat at us..

 

Monday - Thursday this week

snow is forecasted..

 

so our snow will definately be staying longer

than it did last year

 

by the end of March last year,

we had no snow at all

not even in the bush!

 

I'll be taking updated pictures this week

to keep our record keeping up to date

(for snow anyways)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



rain

the snow didn't melt as fast

as we thought it would

with the higher temps

and rain,

the past couple of days..

Sunday and Monday

our temps were around +10C

yesterday we had a day of rain..

today's temp was around +5 C

it was cloudy and gray,

with some rain,

the ducks sure enjoyed the rain yesterday



today was drier

and a bit brighter

you can see all of the wishing well,

that sits on the well cover

there is still a fair amount of snow in the fields

the banks alongside of the road

are melting further back each day

which makes it safer to walk along the road again

so far,

the septic bed is the only spot

in the front yard

that the snow has melted off

... it is nice to have the driveway

clear again

the areas that Ron plowed

are down to grass..

and puddles

the areas that he didn't plow

have a bit of snow left on them

the cattle area is getting really mucky

the banks around the house

will be around for a while

the birds were enjoying another snow-free area today

Oreo's fur gets rough looking during the winter,

from her going under the henhouse..

her back scrapes along the metal edges of the walls

as she squeezes under the edges

and it gets worn off...

Charlie doesn't come out too often during the spring..

he doesn't like the mud and muck