Spring!

Well Spring is Sprung, here at the Potter Farm. The sounds of the evening frogs peeping, the newborn chicks tweet tweeting, the newborn lambs baaing to their mother to let mom know that they are in safe pastures, after a deep BBBBBaa from the old wise ewe chewing her cud after enjoying fresh green pasture.

The Nannies are trying to keep up with her goat kids as they bounce around the pasture.

The fruit trees are starting to bud for a magnificent colorfull display, and future harvest.

The air is clean the mountains are snow capped and life is fresh and real!

We are starting to plant the bare root plants, fruit trees, strawberry plants, asparagus, roses and herbs as well as prepare new seeds for our garden. We’re scheduling which hearty seeds to put in the rich soil now, and which to start in the barn in case of frost.

Dad asked the kids what we should use to put our seeds and soil into that could be re-used?

Ryelee (Age 7) came up with a good solution, as she was enjoying the last of her Coconut Pudding: “We can use the pudding cup, it is the perfect size! Instead of buying starter pots, we can clean out our pudding cups, put a hole in them and plant the seeds in that.”

Cheyenne mentioned we could also use some of the wool from the sheep to keep the moisture in the cup so that the plant will grow better.

Spring on the farm means shearing time. We shear the sheep, clean and card the fleece, then spin it into yarn. The kids will be knitting, crochetting, and macrame-ing the whole year, with a variety of beautiful, naturally colored yarns.

We will use any odd pieces of wool in our garden to keep away weeds without chemical sprays. The wool will also work as a “green” insulattion for our pipes and some of our sheds, and to make soft chemical-free pillows for family and freinds.