Spring Around the Farm

It means lots of baby chicks.....

Continued school work.....;)

Bella just got a shave (this is a pre-haircut photo) She's looking more puppish now and slightly 

poodle-ish;)

Snickers, the old farm mascot is still running strong

With the beautiful weather we've been having I have taken the opportunity to hang the clothes on the line to dry.

This is a little goat kid (which has since been sold) that when he was born, his mother rejected him. We had to bottle feed him and he got to spend his days roaming the farm and playing with the dogs and cats.

Cows love being out on the lush spring pasture!

The chickens are enjoying it too!

-Morgan

Visiting and the New Puppy

Yesterday we went to my grandmother's house in Virginia Beach to have lunch with the family and visit with an good family friend who was visiting my grandmother. Mary Lynn, the visitor, and my grandmother go way back to their girl scout days:) It's always fun to see them together. After lunch we older four girls sang a few songs that we sang at church a few weeks back. Oh! And our family has our first official singing engagement coming up in the spring:) We'll be giving a special program at my grandmother's church where we'll do some singing and telling about the farm, etc. It should be fun.

A few weeks ago we got a new puppy! She's a Great Pyrenees that we got from some friends of ours, the Fuhrmanns. We're planning on trying a new model for our broiler chickens this season in which we wouldn't use the electric netting. We've found that the broiler chickens will stay within a close proximity to their pen. So if we were able to expel the predator issues that would arise, we could leave them without netting which would make them easier to care for. So we're going to experiment and see if we can pull it off using the dog to protect them. We'll keep you updated on further developments:) 

Below are a few pictures Katie took yesterday at our grandmother's house.....

Enjoy!

~Morgan

Recent Happenings

Where to start! The past few months seemed to fly by at a dizzying speed. Our annual Thanksgiving Turkey pick up day went well. We were worried we might not have enough birds but the Lord provided and we had enough and then some. He always provides. I don't know why we worry:) We are outgrowing our four hour pick up window, we had a line of cars waiting to get in our drive way to park! The Lord has greatly grown our business since we started almost 10 years ago. We were blessed with lots of friends who came to help us that busy week. The mornings started early with morning chores, then after a delicious pancake breakfast by Mr. Jack, we got started with the actual processing around 7-7:30am. We butchered about 150, more of less per day. What awesome friends we have! (You know who you are:)
After the flurry of processing and pick up day we found ourselves swept up in a whirl of fun social activities. I (as well as the rest of my family) found myself with very frazzled nerves after the constant, go-go-go of the November calender:) It was so nice to get to kick back and relax, rest up and go to fun social events:) For Thanksgiving, most of our family was out of town so we got together with church family for a day of fun, fellowship and food:) It was great!
At the beginning of December I went up to help some dear friends of ours who just welcomed their ninth child into the world: little John David Furhmann:) I so enjoyed my stay with them and enjoyed the challenge (in an exhausting kind of way:) of semi-running the household while Mrs. Furhmann was recovering. I'm hoping to get some pictures up soon.
That's all for now,
God Bless!
-Morgan

Happenings

We  have officially moved into the busy season here on the farm. The animal population is exploding!:) Lots of little piglets, goat kids, bunnies and even kittens. Farmers markets start this Saturday. We are planning on doing two this year. Mom and Becca will take one and Maddie, and I (Morgan) the other.

One of the things we're planning for and looking forward to is our Annual Memorial Day Shindig that we host at our farm. It seems to grow with each passing year;)

A couple weeks back, Dad hosted a special mens meeting in honor of William's 13th Birthday. It was a time of sharing, encouraging and exhorting from the men to William. I know he was blessed by it. We are so proud of the responsible young man he is becoming:) His rabbit business has really taken off and he is managing it very well. For the past couple of years he has had the desire to start a business where he can start saving for his future, Dad has been helping him in this new entrepreneurial enterprise and it is going well.

That is a little of what has been happening here at Full Quiver lately.
Morgan

The New Guard Dog....

The new guard dog for the broilers.....
She's very sweet and friendly, hopefully she won't be too friendly with the owls and hawks:) 

Happenings

Spring seems to have truly arrived at last! I find myself coming up with all sorts of excuses to be outside on such fine days:) There's nothing quite like traipsing bare foot through the soft, cool earth in the newly tilled garden. Over the weekend we planted potatoes and peas.

The cows were let out to pasture a few days ago, they were very excited!

Boy is that grass good!:)

Kittens!

Lucy washing eggs:) "Can you help me, pretty please?"

Hardworking Will working with Dad on a project.

One of the many recent projects: One of the farrowing shelters for the sows.

Recent group picture of the Wilson children:)

The Wilson boys, (It was so hard to get them all looking at that same time with smiles:)

Our family was delighted with a visit from our former farm intern, Collin Davis, a few weeks back. It was great to be able to catch up and reminisce about old times:)

Making caramel for homemade desert pizza. Yum!

Hiking

Avoiding puddles:)

Ice cream party:)

This week is another busy one here on the farm. Lots of deliveries, baby goats, building projects and more! It hardly seems a chore in such lovely weather though!:)

Hope ya' ll have a good week!

-Morgan