Cows Get their Share of Attention
Dave, farm manager Sam and our cow boy putting the chopper into action.
It works!
Kira applying oil to the dry skin of the pig. We do not have mud for the pigs to roll in. I learn more about farming every day.
The Farm
We plant everywhere we can. The vegetables feed our kids and are shared with the community.
I really do want to plant sweetcorn.
The corn here is like field corn we used to steal from Grampa's fields and roast over an open fire at night. I laugh to think we thought we were fooling grampa. I am sure he knew what we were doing all the time and watched over us.
Now that I am thinking about it we also took potatoes from mom's pantry and put them in the ashes to cook. They were the best potatoes ever and covered with dirt and no butter and some salt but oh so good. You have to be a kid in the 30's & 40's to enjoy such a treat. Hey I am not getting older only better.
Beans are our earliest crop for harvesting.
The beans are pulled out by the roots, carried to the basketball court to dry in our little truck and then pods are pulled and shelled.
Drying plants are then placed around other garden plants to hold the rain water longer.
The kitchen gardens are producing well.
Lettuce patch - I believe it is Romaine.
Pineapple patch - this is my first time growing pineapples, and it seems to be a long process! It will be interesting to see how it develops.
Snow Peas : the seeds were sent specially from the US. We're not sure yet if they will produce well.
Did You Know?
...I did not.
Much to my surprise goats can die from Pneumonia. Not the smartest farmer in the world I did not think 65 degrees was cold. I lost a precious goat to pneumonia before I realized in Rwanda with a breeze and rain 65 is too cold for goats. The really sad thing was she was growing twin lambs inside so we lost both mother and babies. We now have a tarp covering for the goat barn to protect from the cold and rain. The goats are happier and I will not make such a mistake again.
I learn more every day but this was a tough and a costly lesson.
The Goat House. Blue is my favorite color.
Project for April
Farm News
The big news is that mama pig has 9 babies, and the second mama has 5 - our pig population is exploding!
Chicken Farm News
Latest Event from the Farm
Each goat was picked because of their uniqueness. Just like us - we also are all different.