Ouch!

Yet another setback in spring plans. In my very first outing with the Sheboygan Sharks rugby team, I broke my right leg in three places, effectively putting me out of commission for the next six weeks or so.

There is so much work to be done, the only way we can catch up is to try and schedule a "farm blitz", where family and friends show up and work for a day in exchange for lunch. I just read about them in the paper a few weeks ago and think it might be what we need. If you are interested in helping out, please contact us!

Chickens are still sitting on their eggs, I hope they hatch soon, I can't wait to see what we get.

New chicks on the way?

Two of our hens have "gone broody", meaning they are sitting on their eggs and trying to hatch them. I finally figured out today that our rooster is a Gold-laced Wyandotte, a breed that got started in Wisconsin and was originally called Winnebago. Could make for some interesting looking chicks, assuming they hatch.

My friend Mike and I took down a giant maple tree yesterday, and then split and stacked the wood into the woodshed, ended up with just about a face cord. Was feeling pretty beat after that, but am less sore than I thought I'd be today. All of that exercise and conditioning this winter must have been worth it after all.

Still too wet to till the garden. These warm days have me itching to get into the dirt and start planting.

Looks like we'll be picking up this year's pigs sometime in mid-May. Same source as last year, so they'll be Hereford mixes. They worked out great last year, so we saw no reason to change things up.