I called the slaughterhouse this morning to set up a time for one of the sheep to meet its maker - it's a quick trip to the farm where it'll be done and we'll pick up 5# bags of meat next week for the dogs. It'll be good, clean meat for them and a quick end for the sheep. Mr. Blue leaves this afternoon as do the rest of the ducklings I had advertised so the poultry yard will be peaceful once again.
This afternoon I tilled the bottom garden again, the intention is to till it over the course of the summer in an attempt to kill out the creeping geraniums. We'll have to see how that all goes! The onions, spinach, chard, lettuces are all up and doing well; I'm holding off on the tender plants for a while but may start some cukes in the greenhouse if I can find some peat pots. The temp's supposed to plummet after today so no sense putting them in the garden yet!
One of the interesting things I learned at the cheese workshop was that whey fed to pigs (yes, like Red and Spot) suppresses e-coli development. Good news, guys!
