Today is the first day of March, and it appears to have come in like a lion. Thunderstorms early this morning and much cooler temperatures than the almost 80 degrees from yesterday. I want to start planting my garden, so I'm getting impatient. As soon as it warms up a little, I plan to put a few onion bulbs in the ground.
I planted peas indoors and a few are beginning to come up. I don't expect to have everything come up and do well, but I'm hoping for a decent first garden. I know it will be a lot of work, but it will be so worth it once I start harvesting.
The bottle calves we got are two weeks old yesterday. They are finally starting to do well. I knew they were more delicate than one might think, but I worried about them until the last day or two. I have learned one valuable lesson - start off with electrolytes along with milk to keep them from getting the scours.
There is a lot of work to be done around here, and it can get frustrating just thinking about it. I have to learn to focus on the most important things and let everything else go for now. One of my first priorities will be building a pen for the older dogs, so they don't wander off the property. Then, I will have to build a fence for a small pen for the calves so they can get outside and eat grass.
I'm just excited that spring is on the way even though it means a lot of work. My first spring on the farm - who knows what will happen.
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