We had a wonderful first open house today. It was great to see so many of our members and be able to tour them on our work in progress. To those who came – thank you! Your interest and support is what motivates us to shovel each day! I hope you enjoyed our new baby pigs, our cows, our piglets, chickens and to those who were early – the baby lambs in the pen, Later they escaped and went back to their mothers in the upper field.
We were thrilled that one of our mama pigs complied nicely and delivered 11 (eleven!) babies on Thursday – just in time for the open house! They were a wonderful addition and she is doing great.We also added two calves this week – both heifers in search of names- and both leaped gracefully through the fields for visitors. They even played out in the rain!
To those who didn’t make it today – we will have another open house in the fall – we plan to do this twice a year and have learned from today –FOOD will be part of our next open house – we did have drinks today, but that was it – last night after cleaning the barn and mowing lawns Rich said “How about food?” We looked at each other – we had been so busy moving pens and setup up fences that we completely forgot about our human guests’ comfort! I said next time – Sausage sandwiches and burgers!!!
We are tentatively planning our next open house for the first Sunday in October. Please join us then for a great fall day in the country picking pumpkins, visiting our animals and enjoying the farms in our area.
