New Farmers!

This week the farm saw the addition of two new farmers. First, we signed up caretakers! Dale and his wife Loretta will be joining the Sand Holler team in early February (hopefully with a completed cottage to live in...). Dale has plenty of gardening experience and has been wanting to add animals to experience list for some time. He tried his hand at milking last night and all the girls approved of him! We put him to the test with back-breaking digging in the garden as well and we still didn't scare him off. Looks like we found a sucker...er, farmer!

And the other new farmer hasn't made an official appearance but we did catch of glimpse of him/her today!



It'll be a few more years before we get any work out of the little one but the farmer-in-training seems to be growing well and right on track for an early May arrival! Dale signed up just in time as the heavy lifting duties around the farm are becoming increasingly more difficult for me. It'll be nice to take a break from all of that!

In other news, we will most likely be seeing some of the coldest temperatures in years at the farm. We've learned that the animals don't seem to mind much as their shelters are more than adequate. However, the garden is another story. The temperature began plummeting at 7:30 this morning so we already covered the rows in preparation for the hard freeze. Unfortunately, it is also terribly windy and several of the covers have needed to be put back on the rows. I hope the wind dies down and everything stays covered overnight! It might be a sad weekend on the farm if we lose all the crops. Here's to staying warm - people, animals and plants alike!