March, April and now May 2023

         APRIL SHOWERS BRING

                MAY FLOWERS!

We have come through the chilly, damp, muddy, cloudy, sometimes 

snowy last 2 months to land in the Glorious month of May. But 

thanks to the previous 60 days we received the moisture that 

replenishes the earth and of course the old adage that April 

Showers Bring May Flowers! The daffodils and tulips are 

blooming and the forest floors will be soon covered in Trilliums!

Not to much to report on the Farm Front - the paddock movable fencing is up and the horses are hillside once again. It is so wonderful to watch them turned out in the morning to run freely up the hill on the vibrant spring grasses!  (They must be introduced to this slowly over a couple of weeks with increased time allotments as fresh grass can induce colic in equine.) But once climatized they are a joy to watch heading out kicking up their heels! Below is a video of this years babies having a turnout all together on an early April day.

                   Here is the same trio stopping for a quick photo before bounding off again!

As of the end of April the grass has been cut for the 1st time, the grain has been planted and as of the writing of this blog it is up and looking good. In the days ahead the fields will be worked, corn planted, the veggie garden planted as well. Enjoy these spring days (yum fresh asparagus) as they lead us (not to quickly I hope) into June with fresh strawberries and newly mown hay!

Thought I would end with a couple of pictures below of "Minion" the cat who seems to like hanging out with the chickens as of late!

Until next time, Jeanne & Kim (if interested in current listings then click the link below)

                                                      https://kim-hadwen.c21.ca/

Minion in the hen house

Minion hanging out with the chickens

FEBRUARY 2023 - and it's been awhile!

                 IT HAS MOST DEFINETLY BEEN A WHILE 

                            SINCE I ............"BLOGGED"

Wow - not since June 2021 have I made a blog entry on this page! Many reasons (and excuses Lol) why I haven't but we will just leave them alone and start afresh today!

A little more than a year and a half has passed and many farm stories, horse births, kitten births, piglet arrivals, beef cows come - beef cows go, laying hens eggs laid and fields worked, planted, harvested and repeated all over again!

Gracie & Maverick

Maverick 

   Arrivals this year so far include Belgian stud  

   foal "Maverick" born the first part of January.

       Meet him here with his mother Gracie.

     Maverick is a solid - not so little - fellow,

                 Kim calls him "Tank."

Ruby & Poppy

  About 3 week ago now we welcomed the arrival of filly foal 

                                      "Poppy" 

          

           pictured here and below with her mother Ruby. 

 

      The two youngsters and their mothers are doing well.

Poppy and mom Ruby

We have one more foal expected in about 3 weeks so will 

share photos in the March blog. We have quite a few equine 

here on the farm at present. The most numbers are the

Belgian draft horses (these are Kim's favourite), mares, 

foals, yearlings, 2 year old's, a couple of 3 year old's and 2 

stallions. There is also our go to team of Percheron draft  

horses Pep and Penny who we can hook to the sleigh, cutter, 

wagon, buggy or farm equipment and know they will do a great job for us. They share pasture with 3 

Norwegian Fjords, Johnny, June and Jeff. We also are home to 4 Draft Mules, Dolly, Loretta, Tammy 

and Patsy who are the go to girls for plowing matches. (There are photos of all these guys in past blogs 

check them out in the archives).

I am going to leave this "blog return" here at this time. Hope everyone has enjoyed a nice winter of 2023 so far. Some of us stay put and enjoy the great outdoors whether that involves snowmobiling, skiing, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, tobogganing, (horse drawn sleigh rides) or just plain walking with the dogs over snowy fields, others feel the pull to get away for various amounts of time to find the warmth that won't return for a few more months! Pictured here was a very icy day that covered the trees and shrubs with dripping diamonds of glitter - the photo just couldn't capture how beautiful it was. We have however had fairly moderate temperatures this winter with just a few days of bitter cold. Pictured below is one of the laying hens on one of those warmer windless winter days when we could have the barn door ajar and she found some rays of sunshine to enjoy some sunbathing.

Until Next Time,                                                                                                                 

Jeanne & Kim

If you are interested to see Kim's current 

Real Estate Listings link here to his 

website: https://kim-hadwen.c21.ca/