This week I have been busy making soap - on tap were Vanilla Pear, Country Gentleman, Herbal Green Tea, Hannah's Tulips, Summer Storm, Lavender Oatmeal, Hawaiian Coconut and Peach Magnolia Raspberry. Here is a picture of Hannah's Tulips in the mold:
In addition, we were blessed with 8 free Shetland Sheep - 6 wethers and 2 ewes. They will be sheared on June 25th and then we will hopefully be sending those out for processing into roving.
We suffered some meat chicken losses last week, but this week, all seems to be well. The chicks are all growing and we plan to butcher the Freedom Rangers July 2nd.
We also swapped one of our Bourbon Red hens for two Bourbon Red toms - now our remaining Bourbon Red hens can reproduce!! We had one mixed breed turkey poult (Royal Palm X Bourbon Red) hatch this week - its Mom is keeping it warm despite the still cool temperatures.
Part of the garden is planted - we see lettuce, radish, spinach, peas, beans and onions all sprouting and we had our first taste of fresh cilantro in our salsa today. Our weather is supposed to warm up this coming week, so I hope to get the rest of the vegetable crops planted.
Gina, Nicki and Anthony will be at the Chewelah Farmers Market this Friday - they will continue to sell our goat milk soap and will also have our past season candles at half price - we will take the sales from the candles and process our Navajo-Churro and Shetland fleeces into roving for local spinners.
All the children and animals are doing well - we are all anticipating warmer weather and enjoying the lilacs and irises we are discovering on our property.
Have a great week everyone!!
