We Know!!!!

That is has been a while since we last posted..  I assure you we are all alive and well. Just busy.  February was unseasonably warm, now March is here and its back freezing .Go Figure!!!!!
We did get our potatoes in the ground, along with some carrots and radishes. So far all is going well with them.
Then we have all been sick..fortunately not with the Flu but, with upper respiratory stuff  (aka: a really bad cold)

And  one day in February one of us had a birthday (okay it was me jugm)  the family made it nice, I got a Bill O'Reilly book "Killing England" which is really good, and a new 1000 piece mountain theme puzzle.

We also couldn't help ourselves and reconstructed our pig pen.  Then Senior went to an auction with our neighbor Farmer D and brought these two little girls home:

We named them "Penny and Dotty" which seemed kind of appropriate for their colors.  One thing I did not like is the agricultural people and auction house hot glued a tag to them. Once we got them home we had to hold them both down and pull the tags off, well a whole patch of hair came off too!..It looked awful.  But we have them settled now and they are adjusting to their new area. We have noticed that they are less active with the recent cold snap and stay bedded down more then on the warmer days.  But I know that as we head more into spring time and warmer temperatures they will once again be more active. I must say that I ( jugm) actually missed having pigs. I missed giving them our leftovers and watching them learn new things. They are quite intelligent.
Other news is both boys have started Spring Baseball....so we are there with practice twice a week. Somehow our team got lucky this season with no away games-- whoop whoop!

We have also noticed some new people have clicked our follow button...so welcome to you all.

-Senior and Jugm

things here...

Apologies for the lack of post over the past month, but we have been quite busy here at our little estate, and time just seems to get away from us. I looked on here and realized the last post was on July 11th.

A our neighbor down the road told us about a local feed store that sells empty barrels, but will then also fill them up with whatever feed you are in need of. It has proven to be more economical instead of buying bags of feed and loading and unloading it all.  On our first trip we had it filled with corn.

Senior got his deer tags in the mail the other day. so once we butcher the pigs the extra corn will go to attract the deer. We are planting food plots, and some nights we can sit out on our porch and see them down at the bottom of the garden feeding. That is another  reason why I love the country and rural life, we don't have to worry about finding some place to go hunt, the deer come to us. And not just one or two...sometimes its a small little herd.

 That's a lot of corn!!!!

Our okra is about shoulder high , and kicking it off like crazy. We have to be out there every evening now rain or shine, if not then the pods will triple in size. The past few weeks it has been bone dry, but finally this week we got into a rainy pattern and have some much needed rainfall.

Our panels and elevated irrigation system is working really well with the tomatoes, We put in these Parks Whoppers about 3 weeks ago and they are already kicking off tomato's.

 Since our new favorite thing is elevating our irrigation lines we decided to do it with our collards. I picked up a tray of Blue Max this past Saturday and got them all in the ground on Sunday.

Water is flowing quite nicely...

About an 80 foot row of collards.. Good thing our neighbors like them.  I am just really stoked about our fall garden, as everything is looking really amazing right now.

It has not been all work for us, on Sunday we surprised ND with a birthday trip to see our minor league baseball team play.We passed Bank of America Stadium where the Panthers play.

The baseball stadium is smack in the middle of downtown , and one of the prettiest ball fields we have been at. This was the view from our seats..

A good time was had by all, and the boys had a blast watching future MLB players.  In addition to this ND and I made a quick trip down to Florida to see my sister and visit mom. I am happy to report she is doing well. More and more she is up and moving around, and even eating better. Today during my sisters visit she even went outside for a bit and walked around in the fresh air. I was happy she was out of her dark room and being quite mobile.

School here starts back in a week, some days I think the boys are excited and other days I think they aren't. Either way I know we are all ready to get back to a routine.

three little pigs update

The girls have nearly tripled since we first brought them home so we decided to make one more extension to the pig pen. The addition was made easier with the post hole digger implement for our tractor and the fence panels from tractor supply. We added an outdoor shelter for their food barrel to give them more room inside the little house.

Lisa, Kathryn and Joanie saying "Good Morning...Now feed us"!

Our corn is now above the kids heads and starting to sprout tassel's, by mid July we should be chomping on some delicious golden queen. By far this is shaping up to be the best crop ever for us. We also set up the Japanese beetle traps earlier this year as opposed to the past couple of years in the hopes to contain the pests better.

And in other news: Kids are out of school we could not ask for better kids both had straight A's all year and NW ( the oldest) finished up with the highest GPA overall for the entire 6th grade. Can you say "WOW" !  tears swelled up in our eyes when we heard his name called at the awards ceremony.
We are so darn proud of both of them and all the hard work they put in over the past school year. God truly blessed us with two wonderful children both academically and in sports.