Baby chicks

It's a first for us. I used to think that chicks arrived in a store in the spring, to be bought and carried home. This year, our cantankerous old rooster must have been busy. My husband and son took some of the colored eggs from the hens and stuck them in an incubator, just to see if any would hatch. Well, we're 4 for 4 so far! Check out the wet look of a newly hatched chick. Then, ask yourself this: if you are heading to a doctor's app't., do you allow the children to put their books away and play with the chicks while you are gone, or do you make them finish their math pages? Which is more educational?

Spring Planting May 3, 2011

Do you see the happy smiles on these girls' faces? They were in the middle of their homeschooling day when their dad called to say that the field was (finally!) dry enough to plant. They got to drop their books and head to the strawberry field. Of course, we don't call it the end of the school day. We call it a class in agriculture... or environmental studies... or character development. They just call it Fun!

We're hobby farmers and homeschooling parents; we grow three acres of fruit, mostly strawberries, in our spare time. What's that like?

It's an act of faith--and I can't wait to see what this year's summer sunshine will bring us!