Create Every Day. May Calendar and activities Roundup “The world’s favorite season is the spring. All things seem possible in May.” ~ Edwin Way Teal If you go by the old saying “April showers bring may flowers” there should be flowers blooming all over the yard. April was a pretty wet month. I began to think were going to have to build an ark like Noah. Maybe that is why for some reason the ships radio call “May Day May Day” keeps popping into my head whenever I start typing about May first. I do wish I had taught my…
Its that time of year, the days are getting longer. Spring is in the air the snow and ice are melting. It is time for hatching chicks, sprouting seedlings and tapping trees. We have only about a 1/4 of an inch of sap so far but it is supposed to start running good soon. The turkeys in the incubator are due to hatch any time now. One has externally pipped a hole in the shell. We have seedlings sprouting up in the seed trays we’ve started. …
Maple Syrup: Time To Tap Those Trees It won’t be long before Maple Sunday is upon is. Spring is in the air today. Tonight is daylight savings time. In spite of having to wade through 3 feet of snow my husband went out and tapped our trees today. We have 10 buckets up. That is the most we have ever put up. I don’t think we’ve ever put up more than 4 taps. They are predicting it is going to start running next week. That is also around the time our turkey eggs in the incubator should hatch. I am…
Think Spring Mr. Groundhog says spring will be here sooner rather than later. This is a cute kids craft that popped up today. Turning egg cartons into cute spring chick treat boxes. I’ve been seeing seed and poultry advertisements start popping up. To have a successful spring with my poultry and plants I guess I need to make a plan. I had not planned to hatch this year but my husband and I plan to buy turkey poults and focus on turkeys this year. We decided that this would be the year I put more focus on turkeys instead…
Think Spring. I don’t know about you but it seems it has been an extra long winter. Winter arrived quicker than I was ready for and I hear we have another big white storm coming our way. I am more than ready for spring. I don’t want to wish time away but I do long for green grass and blooming flowers. I’ve had some health struggles this winter perhaps that has made it seem like an extra long winter. I’m recovering and activity is restricted. I had to bring some spring inside. I set up the incubators and tested fertility…