Greetings farm followers! I am usually a very positive person, but I cannot help but admit it has been an awful Summer here in the Upstate of SC thus far. We have had weeks of relentless heat in the upper 90’s and humidity that has been off the wall. We have gone weeks without rain then we get a deluge of rain which makes everything muddy and more difficult to manage. I am thankful that God controls everything and when my heart gets in this condition I can turn to His word and be encouraged. We have lived here for about 10 years now and if the truth be told I do not think I can handle another Summer like this. I know God brought our family here so I will continue to ask Him for direction as I ponder our future.

Life on the farm has been very challenging of late. We have had quite a few losses this Summer. We have an aging population of livestock so we expect life to end for many but nevertheless it breaks my heart every time. We have gone over our cleaning and disinfecting routine making sure that we have not missed anything. At the end of the day we have to leave it all up to God asking for His guidance and blessing upon their health and survival. We are responsible to be good stewards of what God entrusts to us and when we do our part we have no other choice but to trust God to work it out.

We have decided to finally dry our milk cow Lissa off. She will be artificially inseminated with some sexed semen when the Farm I have chosen has it available, but for now I need a rest and so does she. She is still cycling without interruption so I am trusting that will continue till we have a confirmed pregnancy.

We are adding a small flock of quail to the Farm so hopefully we will have some quail eggs in the future.

That about does it for updates. Hopefully you all are managing well in all the heat and chaos in our country. God is still on the throne so keep the faith. Jesus never fails.