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Haying Season has Begun!

June 17, 2020 / Monica Jacobson / 0 Comments

Hoping to get a good crop of high-quality hay!

Andrew’s second job. Work ethic is one of his strong suits. I just hope he doesn’t burn out. The days are long this time of year.

A little over 5 1/2 months old and she is crawling!

Replanted parts of the garden today. Also got a lot of weeding done.

Blast from the Past! Those good old Newman Center days.

Foot Rot

June 16, 2020 / Monica Jacobson / 0 Comments

One of our cows that ended up having a calf that passed away ended up getting foot rot over the weekend so we had to treat it this morning. Simon says there are thousands of green strawberries, I think more like hundreds, hopefully Andrew will get a bowl full this year since he didn’t even get one strawberry last year.

Watering the newly planted saplings, the potatoes look good.

The beautiful dianthus continues to bloom.

Super windy and hot today so I thought I’d provide some protection for these.

Even more leaves on Mary’s Maple! So exciting!

A really neat four generation picture. Longing for the day when Mary can take a picture with Great Grandma Mary to get a four generation picture on my side. I think Mary looks so much like Andrew. Happy to get this picture taken. Had we been able to take a trip to Vietnam before May, it would have been wonderful to take a picture with Grandpa Tran, my mother, Mary and me… Grandpa Tran and Mary were both on this Earth for about 5 months before he passed to his eternal reward.

Pony pasture and Scoria

June 10, 2020 / Monica Jacobson / 2 Comments

The children, especially Simon, Grandpa, Grandma, and I fixed up the pony pasture by pulling out a fence and fixing the perimeter. There were three loads of scoria delivered and paid for today. Andrew wants to touch up our driveway a bit and Grandpa wanted to continue working on a road that will make it easier for trucks to deliver grain.

Twinkle appears to be happy in her new pasture.

Pulling up posts and rolling up old wire that used to be a dairy calf pasture from when we used to purchase dairy heifer calves and raise them to maturity back in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Checking out their new pasture and watering tank.

Andrew working on the Scoria after supper, we went to work on weeding the pumpkin, squash, and zucchini patch.

Mary’s Maple

June 9, 2020 / Monica Jacobson / 0 Comments

Mary’s maple sprouted some leaves!

Hoping to keep this tree alive especially during this dry year! I imagine it would be just wonderful if she is able to sit in the shade, relax, possibly reading a book someday when she is older 🌳❤️📖

The tomatoes transplanted nicely, the cauliflower did not.

The ducklings are growing like weeds and our 2 year old had to be taught that the ducklings tank is not a recycling bin. The boys named the biggest duckling Fluffy, I am not able to distinguish Fluffy from the rest.

Mix Up

June 8, 2020 / Monica Jacobson / 1 Comment

By accident, we mixed up two cows on Saturday, so today, when checking the herds to make sure everyone was okay we had to correct that mistake by rounding up a cow and calf and taking them to the rented pasture where their correct calf and mother were.

I mistakenly thought this cow was the cow in the picture above, her baby was so happy to see her!

After we checked all the pastures and all of the pairs seem to be correct and happy, Simon was able to gather a beautiful basket of eggs.

Pleasant Evening, Moved out Pairs & Graduation Party

June 7, 2020 / Monica Jacobson / 0 Comments

We’ve had a very busy weekend!

Friday evening was beautiful! I love our house! Every once in a while I’ll see it at a new angle or in a new shade of light, Andrew did a nice job! ❤️ 🏠

We moved out pairs on Saturday. It was terribly windy.

First Niece to Graduate! I remember very well attending her Baptism, my goodness how time flies!

A colorful rainbow and sky greeted our arrival home last night. Magnificent! Thank you Lord for the moisture!

Andrew’s parents gave us some dianthus for our yard, they are blooming!

Baby Ducklings 🦆

June 5, 2020 / Monica Jacobson / 0 Comments

This morning at 7 a.m. the post office called me and said the baby ducklings had arrived. The two oldest boys have talked nonstop, especially the second oldest about ducklings this entire spring. They asked Grandpa Russell to order White Peking and Rouen ducks.

With the amount of joy in this house, you would have thought it was Christmas today, they were very excited about the ducklings.

Finished product, except we might add some perennials eventually.

The potatoes are coming in very nicely, a little crooked, but nice. I guess that’s what happens when a four-year-old & seven-year-old plant the potatoes.

The sweet corn popped up! 🌽. It will need to be cultivated but it is up!

Andrew’s been using his John Deere mower from his parents to keep the churchyard tidy.

Perseverance

June 4, 2020 / Monica Jacobson / 0 Comments

Everytime I see Speckles’ mother in the pasture I think of the perseverance of Andrew and Grandpa. They lifted her twice a day for 21 days straight not knowing the outcome. It appeared that she had given up on life and then an Easter miracle! Andrew went out to the barn to see her standing on Easter Sunday. She doesn’t look great but she’s on the mend and she’s a testament of perseverance. The Bible parable of one lost sheep makes more sense to me now. Even though we have so many healthy cows I get so happy when I see this one!

Getting ready to do some landscaping! He loaded and unloaded most of these bags.

Happy June!

June 2, 2020 / Monica Jacobson / 0 Comments

Grandpa Russell’s mare had a baby filly on June 1, a good start to June!

Schwan’s man came, sometimes a break and treat are well deserved 🍦

The Lilly of the Valley from Andrew’s mother are coming in!

The hostas from Great Aunt Neva are coming nicely.

I drove the children to the dentist this morning for a checkup and stopped by Cashman’s nursery and bought some of their last impatiens, it’s nice to see color again where the tulips were.

*Every baby born at St. Alexius gets a tree from Cashman’s Nursery. It’s a silver leaf maple tree. Daddy picked a spot and now Mary and I are going to plant it.*

We decided to call in the professionals.

The start of my herb garden! Alyson, from my book club, shared her chives with me.

Working Calves & Excellent Help

May 31, 2020 / Monica Jacobson / 0 Comments

This past week I had the honor of getting to know my niece and nephew better as they stayed for a week to learn about Life on the Farm. We also had a most wonderful calf working crew numbering 27!