Highlights

So much happens at the farm on a daily basis... 

how to accurately update our dear readers (and by that I mean our parents)?? 

Oh yes-- a highlight reel!

First up for this week: More lambs! Mainda had two adorable boy lambs- James and Alfy. James is our new bummer lamb. Even though he was born first, Mainda did not want anything to do with him. We all think he's perfect though, and confuse him by having him suckle our fingers instead of his bottle.

This is a horn beetle that landed on me during field prep. Beautiful dark purple with white specks (some of the specks are parasites!), this picture was taken during this beetle's last living moments. It hopped into the air and fluttered away and we all watched it with smiles in our hearts.... then two seconds later a bird swooped in and ATE IT. NATURE!

We were snuggled in the brand new kitchen, listening to D-rod reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone in the appropriate accents, when all of a sudden someone looked out of the window.. A QUADRUPLE rainbow. I kid you not. The sky was super pink. The picture does not do it justice, but it does show a mosquito flying by the lens, which is sadly true to life. 

This is our first real meal in the new kitchen. Moose, lamb, biscuit, fresh rhubarb chutney, chickpeas, and a weed salad (bluebells, dandelions, chick weed).

Raking beds barefoot in the pouring rain. And when the rain stopped and the sun came out, I ran through the fields and taste-tested all of the salad greens. First harvest on Monday!

The end of another busy week on the farm. Now we're off the to Fairbanks folk festival!