March Madness!

We have been having strange weather this winter. As dry as it was here last year, 2008 has brought plenty of rain along with some snowy days. In this area we are actually above the normal rainfall avg. and it looks like things will start to turn around for us as far as the drought goes. I augered holes almost 3 feet deep and came back the next day and there was water in the bottom of each hole. The ground is saturated that deep from all the rain we've had. It's great because I can drill a hole in about 10 seconds whereas last year it could take as much as a half hour or more on some.

One day it was in the 70's and the next day we had 20's and snow. As you can see, the dogs love it.

Although I haven't posted in awhile it doesn't mean that nothing is happening here. In between rainy days I've been drilling holes and putting in posts and stringing wire fence for a barn lot and pasture for the boys. I've been working on the boy stalls and dividing the left side overhang to separate the little guys from the older males.

I also have a small mountain of alpaca beans which will come in handy for our vegetable garden this year. Alpaca poop makes the best fertilizer. It is commonly referred to as Black Gold. I plan to mulch it into the garden soil this year and Tara & I are expecting fabulous Beefsteak tomatoes among others this year. We are planting six different tomato varieties from grape to roma to big beefsteaks. I can't wait. My mouth is watering as I'm typing this!

I just took a couple of pictures. As you can see the back pasture is standing in water as the ground is soaked. Spring is near as the Bradford Pear trees are coming into bloom!