"We've got issues!"
Lara has come a long way in embracing, er, accepting the role of a farmer's wife (though I admit, i'm a far cry from being honored with the title of 'farmer'). She will package butchered chickens, spend countless hours in the garden, and even milk the goat. There are, however, limits to what she will accept as appropriate farm behavior. Recently, on a rainy evening, she was handling the task of milking Hannah. I was searching for two missing brown leghorns when I heard "HANNAH, NO! Don't you know better than that?" and then "Jeremy! We have issues!" I promptly abandoned the task at hand to discover what rude and unacceptable behavior Hannah the goat had perpetrated. As I enter

new "kid" on the farm
Well, Hannah isn't exactly a kid anymore. The Wheat's have graciously provided us with another learning experience for our fledgling goat operation. A 'first timer' on the milking stand. Hannah is the daughter of Ruth (the original 'loaner') and is now reunited with her in our quaint barn. Ruth is still on loan as we anticipate a future kidding to take place.Hannah has been an entirely different experience than her matriarch. She kicks like Bruce Lee and doesn't embrace the concept of a milking stand. There are sure to be many lessons learned from this new boarder.

96 Cups...
.... of frozen corn, that is!  The kids picked and brought in about 250 ears of sweet corn from our garden.  We had quite the operation of husking, blanching, cutting and bagging it, so that it was done in  about half a day.  Vanilla had a very important role.....

Sweet Corn Is Here
and it is delicious!  We had our first picking last night, and we all wanted more.  I can't wait until lunch time tomorrow!  What a glorious time of year! We will harvest most all of it this week.  We will eat as much of it fresh as we can and the freeze the rest.  If there is more than we can use, then we will be looking for outlets to sell it.