Thawing Out

For the past couple of weeks it has been nothing but snow and ice. It had almost all melted away and then it snowed again! The snow takes a week or two to melt here. We are used to it being gone in days but last month it stuck around awhile. Here in the second week of March it has finally warmed up to the 40's and 50's! So the snow is all gone. I think that there is a little bit still left in the woods where there isn't as much sun light but that's it. Also, the ice on the pond is taking awhile to melt away because of how cold the water is. Anna and the little ones went down and doodled on the ice!

With it being so cold lately, we couldn't move any of the animals because the ground was frozen. I guess you could say we had a winter break! Saturday, the second day that temperatures were above freezing and warm enough to thaw out the ground, Ashley and I spent almost all day moving pigs! They hadn't been moved for almost a month, so I think they where very happy to be moved to a new section of pasture/woods. They are great rototillers!  We were supposed to take the larger pigs to the processor on March 2nd, but with all that snow we had, my parents didn't think we could get them loaded into the truck. We moved the date to April, so we have about another month to go before we get some pork! I can't wait! 

The little pigs enjoying their new section of grass

These guys are getting so big!

Is it me, or are these pigs smiling?

Warmer weather photos...

You can tell where Lizzy is standing that its really muddy out right now!

Cally is enjoying the sun on the truck! I don't think cats like snow.

We can see our driveway again!

Our driveway needs some work toward the end. Its so muddy, that when its driven on it makes some really bad ruts. 

We have our first set of broiler chicks ordered so things will really start to get busy around here! We have planted our tomato seeds and onions in the greenhouse. We'll plan on planting more seeds the closer it gets to May. 

Also, I wanted to post a video of what I like to do with cracked eggs. If they are given to the chickens, it's funny to watch them go after it! Last week when I gave them a cracked egg I took a video of it! They are funny!