The garden is doing well so far, Jay has been a big help, LOL. So far we have 4 kinds of tomatos, potatos, bell peppers, banana peppers, bush beans cuccumber, cantelope and corn, and a rash of herbs which will be in our new raised bed. (Later Post)
Morgan and Jake just had their final litter of puppies before the fix. (Yes they're getting fixed.) She gave birth to: 8 total= 6 live, 2 still born......... 4 male, 2 female.......... 4 black, 2 white with black. Everyone is fine and dandy and eating well. Taking requests on pups.
Sally finally had her calf!!!!! Yesterday Morning!!! Easy birth she pushed for a few minutes calf emerged, and fell right out. she immediately began cleaning it, etc... The normal mom stuff I guess. Its a heifer (female) and appears to be a red/dun color. The first calving I have witnessed!
With the weather cool and rainy we decided to pin them up in the barn for a day or so. Sally is not happy about being in the barn, as you may know she has been our trouble cow.... she is plain nuts! Below she is playing guard, no human contact allowed on her watch. 
The dates dont line up, I know, but these pictures were all taken yesterday June 3.
We did get a chance to plant our new apple trees. They are doing well. No calf or calves yet! Is the Vet right? are we crazy? Both? We'll keep you updated. I was recently looking at Mother Earth News online and read an article about Athens, and it made me think Isnt Athens County such a beautiful place to live? Link to the article: 
The cows are now a fresh piece of ground. If you know our farm its the field by the pine trees, which has never been grazed since we have had the farm. The cows are loving the cool shade of the pines. Sally, the cow that is due to calve anytime is getting closer. Her teets are beginning to swell with milk. 
Spring is here! I mean things are really growing, fast. Grass has been mowed a few times already. The pastures are grazable. (is that a word?) Anyway, we put the cows out on their first patch of fresh spring grass. We start by fencing the area- some perminent fence is up, but electric covers the rest. Then so not to expose the cows to fast, we turn them onto the grass for an evening (when bellies are almost full, they wont gorge on the fresh grass- which could in some cases have bad effects). After a day or two, turn them out all the time until the grass is down- including weeds, then rotate to another pasture and repeat. The raotation allows grass a regrow period before being grazed again. Pics of cows in field below.
The garden is coming right along. So far we have in the ground Potatos, Tomatos, Green Beans, Bell Peppers, and Banana Peppers, also some sweet corn. Potatos and green beans (bush type) are this years expirements. Potatos which I thought would surely not take, have grown tremendously and are going to have to be divided and placed in another row. We planted them high density, to see if they would even sprout. Wow, they have. We have been hand hoeing occasionally to reduce weeds, incorporate air into the soil and allows soil to better absorb water and drain. 
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