August at the farm

Gardens and bunnies are growing like mad and the weather in Iowa is absolutly perfect. On Tuesday we filled the barn with hay. A barn of sweet smelling hay is food security and one of the greatest feelings for a farmer this time of year.  The prairie plant that were tiny plugs in 2013 are thriving and in bloom.

I can't wait to see the switch grass as it turns to the tawny color of autumn. 

   The last two weekends the baby bunnies have been in the store for their socialization.  They get bigger every day now. Violet is the best mother bunny in the world. She loves her babies so much  and is teaching them all the important life lessons, what is the bet to eat, how to keep yourself clean and even where to poop to keep the bunny house all clean and fresh. They are eating lots of lambs quarters and dandyloins these days.

Sara has picked the two babies that will get to be going home with her soon. They will get to be house bunnies  to pet and a fiber source for her spinning soon.

 Lots more bunny petting on saturdays until the weather turns so cold the bunnies move to their winter home on the north end of the farm.