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NellieBelle

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Posted - Feb 01 2025 :  07:35:39 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It feels odd to have such pleasant temperatures in January. No snow to speak of yet, just a skiff now and then. That's okay, I like the warmer temperatures and so do the cow gals. This is Estella and her daughter Iva Mae. Iva Mae is due to calf in May and Estella first part of July. Looking forward to spring. Estella on the right, Iva Mae on the left.
To laugh is human but to moo is bovine. Author Unknown

maryjane

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Posted - Feb 26 2025 :  05:58:09 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I'm sorry to have missed this post. Babies in May and July!!! Estella and Iva Mae are such pretty girls and you always come up with such lovely names.
MaryJane Butters, author of Milk Cow Kitchen ~ striving for the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain ~
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NellieBelle

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Posted - Feb 27 2025 :  07:23:54 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hello MaryJane. I just thought I would update on the current cows. Estella and Iva Mae the only two cows now. And if all goes well a little heifer and whatever Iva Mae has will bring me back to four. I take it one day at a time. So will have to thinking of new names. Hope everyone has a wonderful day and spring soon will be upon us. We're having mild weather presently, upper 40's and 50's.
To laugh is human but to moo is bovine. Author Unknown
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maryjane

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Posted - Feb 27 2025 :  6:31:28 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Let's hope you get two girls. I had a cow many years ago named Esme. Love that name. Maybe Estella will have an Esme:)

After some bitter cold, yesterday and today were sunny and in the high 50s. It's a good thing because I had three pallets of organic lentils arrive on a semi today and yesterday 7 pallets of soil for planting native flowers. I haven't had great luck planting my native starts directly into native soil. In fact, a high percentage planted in the fall were frost heaved out of the ground, laying dead on their sides come spring, so I starting tucking them in with some potting soil and have 100% success. Presently, we've borrowed a greenhouse on campus and have close to 3,000 native flowers poking up from seed that we gathered ourselves. I figured out a way for us to have a "third leg" by taking a carrying case from a camp chair, removing the draw string, and replacing it with 1/4 inch rigid copper refrigerator tubing. I thread my belt through in and easily grab a variety of seed heads as I walk and drop them in. This year's sprouted seedlings will stay in the greenhouse until early fall when myself, two employees, and lots of volunteers will get them all in the ground. Pure joy, prairie work, all of it!!!
MaryJane Butters, author of Milk Cow Kitchen ~ striving for the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain ~
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NellieBelle

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Posted - Feb 28 2025 :  4:19:13 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Yes, it certainly takes time to get prairie plants ready for the ground but well worth it and pure joy as you mentioned. It's not only satisfying but interesting too. So rewarding to see the new plants flourish. It can't help but make one smile. You have much work ahead of you, but oh how beautiful. Esme is an unusual name. I like it. French I think. Short for Esmerelda? My prairie plants I planted in the fall are looking good. Won't know about the grasses for a while but all in good time.
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