The Hunnicutt Homestead

Spring Update

I rolled the coarse dry dirt through my work golves and thought about how little rain we'd received the past two weeks.  I'm going to need to get the sprinklers out!  I am surprised because last year it rained so often and this year started out very wet.  We've gotten the following planted: lettuces, green beans, carrots, onions, sugar snap peas, and potatoes.  I should be transplanting my other herbs and veggies soon.  Our blackberries seem to be doing well.  I'm not so sure about our grapes.  They look rather slow to bud.

S has been busy splitting wood, mending the barn roof and raking the newly mowed yard.  I reseeded the yard and this weekend S will be seeding the field with wildflowers and clover.  We still have the fence to repair so that we can get 2 goats for the field.

Koshka had her kittens.  There are four of them and they are so tiny and dark grey.  She kicked fat Louie out of his cardboard box and took it over for her nest.  Unlike Bella she gets up and away from her kittens a bit more often, seeking a good stretch and rub one the back from one of the kids.  Koshka is a very mild mannered mama.  Like Bella, she will let us pick up her babies and pet her at any time.

I am sorry to admit that I couldn't eat the rabbit stew.  N and I just couldn't bring ourselves to taste it.  Shane and C ate most of it.  The girls ate some but as they really don't prefer stew of any kind it went hard with them.  I didn't let on that I wasn't going to eat it but S picked up on it right away.  I guess I've still got too much of the city in me!

Daffodils and tulips are abounding and our apple trees and redbuds are fragrantly blooming.  It is so wonderful to watch things change and spring from what appears to be a lifeless state.  Sometimes it seems as though I can literally observe the growth before my eyes!

Back to work...

Hello There!!

{ 02:41, Friday, April 25, 2008 } { Posted by wannabeone }

Glad to see your post! I was thinking of you today...I drove past your house while running errands. Wish I could have stopped to say "hello" but I was "on a mission"! :-)

Sounds like you are hard at it. Let me know when you have things to sell!

Blessings, Kim<><