Ella Blessed me with a beautiful litter of black Flemish Giants and I do believe they are BLACK-- and all DOES  ha ha ha ( Bred for Best Quality Does) the kits just made ten days and there are six of them.  I missed one in the original count.

The losses on the English kits was historical, and I hope never to leave myself with so many new does in one season-- almost all new mothers and they did very poorly and we were also hit with a very cold weekend as they were due to kindle.  It was horrible, but it’s over and AR Peachfuzz and AR Perfection did very well, a Mother and Daughter team turned out some lovely tortes, and looks like a lilac, a blue and a chocolate between them.

I rebred some of the does immediately and have new litters due April 22, then April 27 and I will breed again May 3, by the Moon, for good quality.

I received NaUa’s trampoline, a Texas Trampoline, that I had on lay away much of the winter and she seems to be having a lot of fun on it.  I posted a video of her jumping on Youtube.

I started tilling the garden space yesterday, and got through it once pretty well and deep and cleanly.  We scraped a new area of litter clean and put up the hog panel to catch and hold leaves for the leaf mold collection, so that is started.

We took several huge and beautiful trees to make room for the pavilion and to have Photovoltaic Panels on it to possibly have a refrigerator.  The pavilion is the other half of Na’Ua’s birthday present.  It is a place for her to practice her katas and her ballet and to study with daylighting and have a nice place to experience life off the ground while I work in the garden nearby.

The gas/oil guys came by and he said he was Joey’s father-- Joey, from karate, who is NaUa’s good sparring partner.  I had to lighten up on him after he said that.

I also tilled or started to till an area up on the first knoll, and then I got hit with a sudeen deluge and hail, was fully drenched and then the ground was too wet and just gunked up and I was making mud.  Oh, speaking of mud, a friend from HS, that I haven’t seen for 30 years, came visiting and then started texting and get this-- as he was leaving, he told me I was on the lowdown  ha ha ha  well, let’s let him age in that-- somebody add some tenderizer.

I found a great site called Herbaluna and she has a pdf version of the lunar calendar and the right gardening things to do when.  i tilled at the right time  :) and I need to plant seeds tomorrow and monday, probably monday, since I need to till again after it rests.  I’m a little sore and we are going to ballet today, Saturday, in Charleston.  Carl is working the rabbitry today and stacking cordwood, and we will go check on he kits later this afternoon.

We sold a nice pet buck to Lily and Stewart who came down from Spencer and very nice and Very pretty.  Lily got a Flemish and I think his name is Vader  :)

Linda met us near the Summersville exit with comfrey and got the vienna marked opal and Tess’s chestnut buck, 27TO, a very nice English pair.  Her mother is a volunteer fire fighter and they were both really nice too.  They have a market in their area too, for wool-- some spinners are waiting.

I have a guy in Sutton waiting for pictures and four or five phone calls to answer next week and hopefully direct to the website to look at picts.  sending each person pictures is hard when I’m on the farm, and it’s been a month, nearly since I’ve had time to get to the computer to update.  I am really glad it is getting easier to enjoy the interactions with the rabbit market; is it possible that I am becoming nicer?  ha ha!! perhaps.