We welcomed the rain during the past week. Our early garden was already planted and I was starting to worry that we were going to have to start irrigating in April! Ken and our working horses had also planted some Red Fife wheat, a variety of heritage wheat for our bakers to try. The rain will help everything off to a good start.

After having most of the winter off, it doesn’t hurt for a work horse to have some cooler weather and a bit of a rest. It can be hard on heavy horses when the weather becomes extremely warm early in the spring before they are accustomed to it and they are back in working condition.

Having had some unsuccessful attempts looking for an area rug for the Bunkhouse I decided that a good rainy day activity was to weave a rag rug. The project met with considerable enthusiasm from the apprentices. The project is coming along well and we are getting excited to see it off the loom. Jesse took some time off weaving to cook supper. Today Nora and Jesse are off at a farm auction sale bidding on a grain bin and an irrigation pipe wagon. We are anxious to see if they end up getting anything. Yesterday, when Ken and the apprentices went over to look over the items for auction, Nora thought that the massive combines looked like “Transformers”. Over the years we have purchased many items at auctions and hopefully it will be a good learning experience for them.