Treats for my Sweets :o)

 The last mess of collards for this year :o(

 Pigs are just about ready to slaughter...you can BARELY

see the white pig ears in the middle of the pic

 2 year Indian white peach trees

more rabbits

Can't wait to see how well everything turns out. We have gotten 4 times more rain since Jan. than we got the WHOLE year last year! So far...so good!

~Spring....continued~

 We have been hatching some of our eggs with an incubator ~Auracauna/Americauna

 Emari INSISTED on taking my picture!!1 UGH!!!!

  Some of our Chicks Approx. 5 weeks old

 Emari has been sick (couldn't tell by that smile)

so she stayed home from church today

 Eowyn stayed to help me take care of Emari

A pregnant and LAZY Buttercup ;o)

I wonder if they have morning sickness like we do?

The Homestead

Lil Pig

Chicken coop and run

Some berry vines and bushes we started this year

My wall of cucumbers

I CONTINUE to try and load pictures for this post....I am having the toughest time. Very frustrating, to say the least. But, as I can, I will add a few here and there so you can get an idea of our layout around here! Be blessed!

Puddle Ducks and New Additions

We let the ducks out to take advantage of a downpour that we got last week,

So CUTE!!!

Some new gals that someone didn't want!

They are quite lovely!!!

Enjoying some MUCH NEEDED rain :o)

We are ever so busy here on SONshine farm. There is ALWAYS something going on. I stay very busy processing milk and feeding, and my regular household chores that have become quite a juggling act as of late. But, we are loving EVERY minute of it all. The kids are so eager to take care of all of our critters. Before their eyes have even adjusted to waking up, they are asking to go outside and tend to everything. I keep a smile on my face. We put up some greenbeans and corn on Thursday. I am starting to get a few things out of the garden. I was so excited to get my very first yellow tomato. It was so sweet and yummy! I selfishly made a breakfast with a few of my first pickings :o)   Busy days!

Buttercup

This is our latest addition! She is a pure bred Jersey Milk cow....we think she is short bred (between 1-3 mo. pregnant) Right now, the milking chores are all mine...I hope to have someone else trained to do it by summer. I am currently getting between 2 and 2 1/2 gallons a day. She is a pig...not a cow :o)   Very good natured..and gentle. She likes company....if one (or ALL) of us are not out there, she bellers and lows until she gets some attention! I am REALLY enjoying her....She fits in perfectly here!