Flowering Crabapple

 These 2 woodpeckers stayed on opposite side of the tree from 15 minutes I wasn't sure if they were asleep or just playing cat and mouse.  I believe this is a Red-bellied Woodpecker. This was in the rain today it doesn't stop birds from feeding they will continue even in some of the winds we have had.

This crab apple tree is an ornamental and with the weather we have had I am surprised it is blooming.  One of the prettiest trees in our yard my men folk want to cut it down because it is too close to the house.. 

Farm report:  Got to apply Anhydrous on Sunday and then the rain came and it has rained all night the rain cage  reports 1.40 since midnight.  It rained from 6 pm until 12 but I don't have that figure   The yard, streams and the  White river is showing higher than normal water. 
Surprise another set of twins.
Take care and stay on high ground water is coming up. 

Enjoying the birds

 My daughter and I have a home decor store on the square in Martinsville In   These are a few of the items we carry.  We have several pictures that are country scenes.   You can  do a virtual tour of our store google Berries and Ivy.

 I love to watch the birds this woodpecker entertained me this week   I think he was looking for bugs in the feeder

 Farm news we are having a calf or 2 every day.  We got to the field and applied some Anhydrous on this week.  Applied fertilizer where needed and also hauled some grain to the city.    It is the time of year where you can get behind real quick.  Take care and be careful

Hairy or Downy the bill is longer on the Hairy Woodpecker??

Second Chance for a Mom

 That sound odd but when you are raising animals anything can happen.    This little girl gets a new Mom,  this cow  had lost a set of twins  12 hours before.  The heifer calf that was left to fend for herself from the first set of twins has a new Mom.  Sometimes it is really trying 3 sets of twins in 10 days is a lot to deal with. We are glad to see her doing so well.

This is one of our old barns it has the stone wall in the back against the hill side  Used to be a horse barn and had living quarters on the second floor  Also has a hay loft  in the top of the barn. 

I am a happy heifer

Run Away Mom

 We had our second set of twins in less that a week.  Run away Mom is the white face in these pictures. The calf below is the one that is being bottle fed by her  humans.  The cow above accepted her twins and was doing well we just wanted to make sure they stayed close by her and that we could keep an eye on her and the babies.

We have unrolled the center of a bale rather than burn it.  We burn the bottom or waste part of the bale because we will have a crop in this field this spring.  This is a winter pasture for our cows it is right behind our house and easy  to check  the animals

Run Away Mom  she has only one of the twins

Court House

 I love court houses  not to do business in but to look at and visit as an historical site.  This is Morgan County Courthouse and this is what I see out of my shop window.  I am on the west side of the courthouse square.  Berries and Ivy you can take a virtual tour just google us.

 Every farm need a sign or a warning on these pasture gate.  

                                                      This speaks for itself
Farm report:  keep having a few more calves each day.   I am glad the rain is light and the temperature stay above freezing.   Got new gravel on the drives was driving on sand thought I was in Georgia except it was brown and if I remember the last time I was there it was red sand.

Soybeans and Milk

 As a shop owner I am interested in promoting farming as an farmers wife.   These are soy candles the coffee is new for us to carry and the Cornbread and Honey is one of our customer favorite.   Speaking of Milk well I see where Liz Kelsey's family is going to have a Dairy Calf sale sometime real soon  just look them up on google you know you can find everything by going on google  such a service.

Farm report:  Moving grain from our farm to the manufacturers of other products starches and soybean meal, soy oil and then there is a byproduct that is fed to animals.  Speaking of animals we have a few more calves on the ground.  The weather is beautiful hope for more blue Skies.
Take care and have a great week

Cows Herd

These pictures are from our store called Berries and Ivy we now have a virtual tour of the store.  The store has been there 13 years but we have only been there 2 years.   We do have farm related home decor. 
Farm report  We now have our 5th calf on the ground so far so good.  These were some heifers we keep who calf  before the older cows calf. 

The weather is  starting to break but there has been more cloudy days than sunny. 
Take care and I will post again and not wait 7 months.