Yesterday was a bluebird day, but windy as usual on the plains. We went into town and bought two different plum trees and got them planted in the front yard. We are digging another hole for either a crab apple tree or an ash tree. Our wishing well is over the new well, the old well was on the side of our house. They also left us a big pile of dirt(behind the wishing well) as the ground will settle.
You can see the tree planter on the right of the picture. (My dearly beloved, who goes along with all my plans).10 years from now, should be nice trees. I really miss the trees of Minnesota, and the mesquite trees we had in Arizona. We hope to put up a small decorative fence in the front, with an arbor, and plant Russian Sage, ornamental grasses, put in our koi pond and plant flowers. .
You can see the galvanized stock tanks that we are going to be using for the koi pond. They hold 700 gallons of water each.The fence will break the wind somewhat, and keep the chickens out. It is a lot of physical labor for doing this, so will see how far we get. The trees will be on the outside of the fence, giving some shade to the pond. I figure we have 9 more fence post holes to dig for our sheep pens, before we can start on our fence. Wish that I could find a fence post that had the hole included. Now that would make my day!!!! But anyway, all this that I have planned should add eye appeal to our house.
Last night when we were getting ready for bed, I heard a few loud thumps on the back of the house. Then LuLu started barking. I went to the deck doors and there was Lulu on the deck, looking toward the house. There was a grey tiger colored cat on the deck railing, looking scared as all get out. With me standing there, and Bear trying to get up the steps, it took off into the night, with both dogs in hot pursuit. I worried all night about that poor little cat, how brave or stupid it was to venture onto our property. This morning when I woke up, there were no cat parts anywhere, so he must have scaled the chain link fence and the field fence to safety. Probably will never see him/her again. I love cats, have always since a small child. I don't have any now as members of my family have allergies, but I sure miss snuggling up with them.
The guineas are nesting. While walking the alpaca pasture, Dennis found this nest neatly hidden in the tall grasses.
It has been multiplying by 3 eggs each day. Here you can see one guinea keeping watch as the others search for food. The sentry guinea is scolding me for coming too close.
The blue house in the background is our neighbor to the east of us. We have never seen these people. They come and go at night. Never outside. Very mysterious.In Mn when we had guineas, they did not sit on the nest until there were over 30 eggs. 2 hens sat on it, and when the chicks hatched, they had two mothers to protect them. Can't wait to see the little keets darting about catching bugs, while trying to keep up with their mothers.
Our two Bourbon Red turkey hens are nesting also. This one is on top of our hay. It takes 28 days for a turkey egg to hatch, so they should be hatching in a week or 10 days.
We candled some of the eggs yesterday when the hen left to eat and get a drink of water, and the ones we candled were all fertile. Both turkeys are nesting in the hay barn.
We are getting 3 quarantine pens/catch pens ready for our new sheep that we will be getting the end of June or so.
This is a small pen that opens up into a larger pasture area. We will feed them in these pens every day, and then lock them up in them at night, so if we need to catch them, they will be a smaller pen. Another view of our catch pen.
They will be quarantined about 30 days. Fecals done,blood drawn, and to just make sure that everything is all right before they are let loose in the big pasture.
Gabby, my first goat who is due to kid April 19Th.
Spring flowers on this April 10Th Sunday morning.
More later...........
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