Darla is such a ham! She seems to know what a camera is and does the funniest poses when I go out with one!

I am making a honey wheat bread tonight to go with supper and more butter. We are really enjoying the ice cream and hot fudge sauce I made the other day.

Darla is such a character. When it is milking time she jumps right up on the stand but as soon as her grain is gone she begins stomping her foot and refusing to stand still until I get her some alfalfa hay to eat. Mr. Buck is settling in and sure knows when to run for the stall!

Friday was a nice day and they were able to go out into the yard for a bit in the afternoon. Would you believe Darla stood out and cried for the longest time instead of being happy she was out?

I have five chick eggs that are showing signs of starting to hatch today. The 21st day is actually not until tomorrow so it looks like I might get a few early arrivals.

It is snowing here today so I have been inside most of the day. I worked on painting a wood house that had a shelf on it that will have some nails put in it to hold corn for the squirrels to eat. We will put it on a tree outside the living room window once it is finished. I really like seeing the squirrels and birds in the garden.

I think the dogs and cats like watching them out the window as well.

All of the ducks and all but seven of the chicks, the last ones hatched, are in the chicken coop now. We had to move them out to make room for the new arrivals. In addition to the chicken eggs that are in the incubator I have a few guinea eggs too.

Saturday I will be at the North Park Mall from 2 to 4 with Lisa talking about the National Wildlife Federation for Earth Day. I will also be talking about the Plant-A-Row For The Hungry Program and encouraging people to participate! If anyone is in the area please stop in and say hi!

Finally we are thinking of putting some instructional gardening videos up on the website. To do this we need to have more space. This decision needs to be made by the 20th of this month. I would like to encourage anyone who can to please use the donation button and donate what you can. You will have a choice if you would like to be listed as a donor.

Thank you in advance.