We had a wonderful two weeks with out grandsons from Alaska. They were able to be here for Christmas and New Years. It was the first time in quite a while that they were able to see their cousins. Everyone had a good time.

While they were here Jacob learned how to drive the tractor. Here is a picture of him helping me give the cows a roll of hay.

Well we have a new year and a new President and administration. For better or worse Donald Trump is our President. I don’t think he will be as bad or good as some think. That’s all I’ll say about it here.

Olive finally gave us another little heifer on Jan 14th. The heifer will be available for sale in a few months. I’ll keep her as long as I can because it gives me the flexibility of milking once a day and not at all if something comes up.

I waited a week before I started milking her. It might have been a mistake. Milk from her front two quarters appears good but her right rear is pink indicating an infection. Probably mastitis. I’ve been stripping her out and started adding apple cider vinegar to her food. That worked well when Rosie had mastitis.

Spring time is just around the corner. The chickens have started laying eggs again. Went from a couple a day … maybe, to 8 to 10 a day.

Still too early to start seeds but it’s getting close. Start too soon and the plants have to be under the lights too long and they get tall and lanky.

The bee hives have been cleaned and stacked up. Waiting for spring and new packages that I still need to order. I hope I can catch a swarm or two this year. I didn’t catch any last year.