Saturday surprise.

 Today started out normal as we drove to the farm to pick up 4 piglets.  The farmer's son was holding a teeny newborn when we arrived.  We coddled over her a little, before the farmer asked us if we wanted to keep her?  Apparently her entire litter had already died, as the mother wasn't making milk.  She was planning to stick the piglet into the pen with another litter to see if there would be any luck the mom would adopt the lone piglet, but she wasn't very hopeful.  She asked if we would want to take her home with us.

Of course we said, "YES!"

So here we are now with our 4 new Fall piglets in the barn and little baby Harriet in the kitchen.  Hopefully the goat's milk will sustain her and she'll pull through. She's taking the bottle well, which is reassuring.

Piper is already "helping" and very excited about having a new baby in the house.

Harvey's New Jungle Gym

Hurricane Isaias came through last night and while the rain was greatly appreciated, the wind took a toll on the trees.  The only damage occurred to our buckwheat when the ancient maple fell.  While we weren't sad about the damage done to the cover crop, we were sad to lose this Old Giant.

Harvey on the other hand greatly enjoys his new jungle gym and the goats are benefiting from all the fresh leaves.