Our first calf of the year arrived yesterday

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This calf is so cute! He's out of our favorite heifer, Hope, who has always been a huge pet. All of our cattle get scratched, petted, and fed treats. All have names. Such softies...

Everything is melting

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And it's not April yet! We're very happy as perhaps Will can get started on building our permanent greenhouse soon. He's shoveled the snow away from the bean trellises and posts in the House...

Wow, today we had a warm-up of -8° F

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After a low last night of -35, the sun came out this morning and it very slowly warmed up. Some. But, with a wind to make the windchill temperatures dangerous, we didn't spend a...