Pictures? We’re trying
I am not very tech savvy. In my last year of graduate school at the University of Missouri, I was exposed to a few of the earliest desktop microcomputers. I owned one of the early Radio shack TRS models and we spent somewhere around $3000 just for a software package to do basic accounting. Since those days I have not kept on the leading edge of this explosion of technology and as you know it doesn’t take long to become obsolete.
I got a digital camera as a gift, now we are going to try to use it. We had a new calf this past week. This is from a new heifer in a group of 9 that we are allowing to calve in late winter through early spring. Most of our other calves are summer or early fall which I like better. Anyway, this calf is up and going and even sniffing the hay crumbs.
Also, here is a picture of our greenhouse cleaners. We use them to clean up bugs, weed seeds, plant parts, etc in our back greenhouses. They leave a little fertilizer too. The best benefit is the fresh brown eggs with nice dark yolks derived from the high quality green hay we feed them along with the grain pellets.
February already!
Wow, January just flew by for me. Hope you’re enjoying winter wherever you are. We got alot of moisture in the form of rain during the month, but not really much snow. Many of our south sloping fields are melting off now with the recent sunny days. There is alot of ice in the mornings and puddles in the afternoon. These kind of conditions are hard on taprooted plants like alfalfa. It seems that the ice crystals cut away at the exterior root surfaces, and packed ice/snow suffocates the dormant plants if it stays in that condition too long.
We are starting some tomato plants in the window now. These will be moved to our greenhouse this month. We’re getting the greenhouses cleaned, supplies stocked, etc. so that we will be ready for a great spring. The days are getting noticably longer, so spring should be on the way.
As for family–Karen and I got a new grandson last week! Daughter Michelle and baby Matthew are doing great! What a miraculous and blessed experience to see a new life come into the world. Its a pity that the Obama/Pelosi genre doesn’t see it that way.