Kylie's Visit, part 1

This week Kylie was here! We picked her up on Saturday from Sacramento and started the 5+ hour trip back home. On Sunday we went to a poultry class at another farm and afterwards went to Emigrant Lake again for climbing and swimming, which was fun and much cooler than not being in the water. During the week, we changed our schedule to starting at 6:30 and going until 12-12:30, eating lunch, and either finishing our two hours after lunch or later in the evening, so we could avoid the heat of the day which was reaching around 100. We moved the goats, cows, and sheep. We also planted seeds for fall crops of lettuce, spinach, broccoli, cabbage, chard, and pok choi. We also thinned the corn and weeded most of the lettuce. We also worked on the yurt deck and helped Tim put up a swing set in time for Quinn's birthday. During the afternoons, we have a little routine of going swimming in the creek and then going on a search for ripe tomatoes in the garden and green house. We also made homemade pizza one day which was pretty fun. In chicken news, chickens are continuing to die regularly. The culprit is a family of raccoons. Now there is a trap out there for them. We also got 105 baby chicks. They will be ready to eat in 10 weeks. It's been a good week of fun with the little Kylie.