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Take Me Out to the Ballgame!

June 22, 2020 / Monica Jacobson / 0 Comments

Before the baseball game My Little Helper and I reseeded some sweet corn. He does an excellent job at paying attention to detail! Grandpa had soaked the seeds in some water overnight and some seeds are already sprouting! I’m going to have to remember that for next year.

Happy Father’s Day!

June 21, 2020 / Monica Jacobson / 0 Comments

God gave us the Best Daddy!

Daddy requested rhubarb crisp for Father’s Day dessert!

Chocolate chip muffins for those who aren’t so fond of rhubarb.

Longest Day of the Year

June 20, 2020 / Monica Jacobson / 0 Comments

I hope everyone had a wonderful start to their summer. Summer solstice was amazing out here, with a little bit of rain last night, mostly sunny all day with a slight breeze, it felt like Heaven & Earth touched.

Such a beautiful morning! I’m going to pocket and save this morning for when it’s 60 below wind chill and I wonder why we live in the North country with frigid winters. A heavenly beautiful morning!

Turned the late calvers out to another pasture…it’s so fun to watch them be excited!

I’m sure every mother would agree. It makes me so happy when my children work together and are kind to each other.

Coziest Ducklings!

June 18, 2020 / Monica Jacobson / 2 Comments

Ambrose, Simon and Grandpa worked all day yesterday preparing the ducklings’ new home and moving the ducklings.

They actually worked all day last Thursday preparing the new duck coop site.

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.