Ok, thats not the title of this entry on the Large Family Logistics blog, but it could be!  It's something to keep in mind!

It is SO warm today - 95 degrees here in our part of KS.  I double checked the calendar to make sure it was still early April - that late June didn't sneak up on me while I slept or something!

I feel like the witch on the Wizard of Oz -- I'm mellllllltttttttiiiiinnnggg!!!!  I won't say that to the kids though - would open me up to too many snide remarks!  I'm wondering if y'all are having such warm weather too. 

Thankfully I got the purlin attached to the hoophouse a couple days ago while the weather was still nice.  All I have to do is put the corner braces on, then the baseboards, and I'm done for now.  The end panels will be worked on this summer and ready to put up this fall when I cover it with the plastic. 

My tomato, pepper, and lettuce seedlings are hardening off on the patio.  I'll be planting the lettuce Saturday, God willing, and the tomatoes/peppers in a couple weeks just to make sure there isn't a late frost like last year.  It would be hard to believe by today's weather, but Kansas weather likes to play nasty little tricks on gardeners/farmers.

Our two pregnant goats are getting wider by the day.  They should kid in mid-May so we'll finally have goat milk again!!!  All the kids are complaining about the taste of the store milk and I'm complaining about the *price* of the store milk, not to mention all the hormones and junk we're drinking in it.  The farmer we used to buy nice milk from stopped selling to the public - grrrrrr - and I can't afford the going price of $4-5 a gallon for local goats milk with four kids who drink it!  I can't wait to start milking again!  From now on we should have a consistant supply of milk from staggering breedings.  This spring we'll breed our other two goats to kid in fall so their milk will kick in as the other twos' supply starts to slack off.  That should give us enough to make a good amount of cheese too - not to mention yogurt, soap, and all the other goodies goats milk is good for!

I'd love to hear about your spring projects!

JennMarie = )