tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309060624235019232024-02-20T11:57:24.726-06:00Penner Pumpkins and the Scarecrow ForestAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-72265789794602017122016-07-10T21:38:00.001-06:002016-07-10T21:38:36.054-06:00Little house, big house!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Our yard has a lot of history
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The first house was built
around 1925.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This tiny home belonged to
Jacob T Reimer and his family of 10 when Ben and Sara Penner bought the land in
1967.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The house was torn down and the
current house was built in the mid 70’s for their family of 13. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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The old foundation is now a perennial bed in the back yard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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To enter leave a comment and tell us: <br /> 1. A favorite fall tradition your family does each year. <br /> 2. If your family or child has been to the Scarecrow Forest. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0Steinbach, MB, Canada49.5285279 -96.69109200000002649.4460819 -96.852453500000024 49.6109739 -96.529730500000028tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-76740984157568723502014-04-04T19:46:00.001-06:002014-04-04T19:46:46.267-06:00Have fun with your group at the Scarecrow Forest.We are still booking groups for the 2014 season. The Scarecrow Forest would love to have a very busy summer and fall so we are looking for groups to book an outing to our place. We open May 20 and go til the end of October. At the Forest your group can walk the Scarecrow path and look at child friendly scarecrows (Goldilocks, Little Bo Peep, etc.). Than you can expend some energy on the bales of fun with 3 slides. Feed Billy the goat some corn and pet a baby horse (colt), baby goats (kids), kittens, and some chicks. If you would like we can give a talk on pumpkins (from how we prepare to the garden til they turn ripe) and a talk on chickens or cows. We have a gorgeous picnic area for your group to have a picnic lunch. For more information please check our website: <a href="http://www.pennerpumpkins.com/" target="_blank">www.pennerpumpkins.com</a> or give Shirley a call at 204-371-5556. We would love to see your group at the Scarecrow Forest.<br />
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Cost is $8.00 per person (which includes one activity train ride, zip line, duck races, etc.) and most groups spend between 3 to 4 hours here. Groups should be 20 or more (if you have a smaller group please give Shirley a call and she can work something out with you). The Scarecrow Forest is your farm for family friendly fun.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0Penner Pumpkins and the Scarecrow Forest, Steinbach, MB R5G 1L9, Canada49.574601 -96.62226599999996824.0525665 -137.93085999999997 75.0966355 -55.313671999999968tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-53962442579379378892014-03-17T18:12:00.001-06:002014-04-04T19:48:53.325-06:00Social Media Sites equals ConfusionI have been looking at various ways of advertisiting for the Scarecrow Forest and I never knew that there was this many <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites" target="_blank">social media sites.</a> I have tried a few and my wish is that they would join together and be one. I'm guess that wish would be the same as wishing that all countries would join together and be one. So I've decided to just focus on the easier ones and put my time and energy into them.<br />
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Twitter: The Scarecrow Forest is not on it and will never be on it. LOL. I don't understand hashtags and tweets. This one confuses me to much so I'm not ready to decode this one.<br />
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Google Plus: I have tried this one and I've found people weren't engaging on the Scarecrow Forest's <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/s/The%20Scarecrow%20Forest" target="_blank">page</a> so I have let this one go static. If people do stumble on the page all the information on the Scarecrow Forest is there.<br />
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Facebook: I regularly use this one and have two pages: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thescarecrowforest" target="_blank">The Scarecrow Forest</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PennerPumpkins" target="_blank">Penner Pumpkins</a>. I find facebook easy to use, but find it hard to get people to engage with and interact with the content I post.<br />
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Tumblr: This is a new one I have recently started experimenting with and time will tell if it works. You can find us here: <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/blog/thescarecrowforest" target="_blank">The Scarecrow Forest.</a><br />
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Instagram: This is another new one I am experimenting with. I love taking pictures and looking at pictures so I'm thinking this one should be fun. To see pictures I have posted search for The Scarecrow Forest or Penner Pumpkins.<br />
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Blogs: As you can tell I don't regularly blog. I love writing, but find it hard finding relevant content to write about.<br />
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Check out The Scarecrow Forest on the various social media sites and please don't be afraid to follow, like, comment, or whatever you are suppose to do the site. I love when people engage with the content I post.<br />
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LorissaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-87875877137565314772013-10-10T20:36:00.001-06:002013-10-10T20:36:17.536-06:00Will my pumpkin rot?You found the perfect time pumpkin. The only problem is, it's Oct. 1st. Will the pumpkin last til Halloween? Yes, if you store it right.<br />
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Tip 1: Don't put it on cement or good wood. Find a piece of cardboard or an old piece of wood.<br />
Tip 2: When it goes below 0 and the pumpkin is outside, cover with a towel or blanket.<br />
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For more tips check out these websites:<br />
<a href="http://www.allaboutpumpkins.com/storing.html" target="_blank">Storing pumpkins</a><br />
<a href="http://www.pumpkinnook.com/howto/storage.htm" target="_blank">More tips</a><br />
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LorissaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-51395677116027462772013-09-21T00:06:00.000-06:002013-09-23T21:28:31.525-06:00What kind of Pumpkin to use for baking?I did an experiment to see what is the best pumpkin for cooking and baking. I used:<br />
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Best color goes to Cinderella.<br />
Best taste goes to Pie or Sugar Pumpkin.<br />
Best texture [not runny and grainy] goes to Pie or Sugar Pumpkin.<br />
Best to peel Pie or Sugar Pumpkin.<br />
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As you can see I clearly liked the Pie or Sugar Pumpkin best. These pumpkins are bred to have a higher sugar content and less water. The next one I would recommend is Cinderella. It has a beautiful color, was ok to peel [not easy, but not overly difficult], and was slightly on the more runny side. <br />
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I didn't even attempt to puree the white pumpkin. Seed catalogues state that white pumpkins are orange on the inside, while this one was white. I'm not about to use white pumpkin flesh in baking. <br />
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At the Forest we make Pumpkin pie, Chocolate Chip Pumpkin cookies, and Pumpkin Ginger Snaps so we do go through a lot of pumpkin.<br />
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LorissaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-11696332322435646632013-09-10T22:39:00.000-06:002013-09-10T22:40:20.727-06:00Gourd vs Squash vs PumpkinI was at a 2 day Farmers' market in Winnipeg. The most common question I got was "How do you cook a gourd?" Well you can't cook a gourd they are just for decoration. Now what is the difference between a squash and pumpkin, that's a bit tricky and I had to do some research online to really understand the difference.<br />
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Here is a good link to check out <a href="http://seedtofeedme.blogspot.ca/2012/08/what-is-difference-between-squash.html" target="_blank">Pumpkin vs Gourd vs Squash.</a><br />
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Well to confuse things even more a pumpkin is considered a squash.<br />
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Pumpkins are generally orange and round and can be carved.<br />
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Squash come in all shapes, sizes, and colors.<br />
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LorissaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-6138985076138684732013-09-01T19:13:00.000-06:002013-10-10T20:45:54.668-06:00"Scare"Crow Night.October 18 and 25 from 7 pm to 10 pm come to the Forest and have some fun in the dark. Walk the path in the dark and see what you might bump into. After the walk in the dark, take a zip down the zip line in the dark. After you've been scared come and sit by the fire while sipping a hot chocolate. Admission is $11.50 per person.<br />
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This is a children friendly event. There is no bats, blood, skeletons, etc. anywhere in the Forest. At the Forest we believe in wholesome family friendly fun. Make sure to bring a flashlight when coming down.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-69352843210969017982013-08-29T18:09:00.000-06:002013-08-29T18:09:59.282-06:00What does $8.00 get you?So what does $8.00 get you??? It gets you 3 to 7 hours of fun at the Scarecrow Forest. There is so much to do at the Forest and a lot of fun to be had.<br />
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<li>slide into a giant corn box or bury someone in the corn.</li>
<li>for the little ones there is a 5 and under kiddie corral and a mini bale pile that has a slide.</li>
<li>Take a 15 to 20 minute walk in the Forest and see all the Scarecrows.</li>
<li>Race each other on our side by side slides. </li>
<li>Run up and down our hill.</li>
<li>We have two HUGE bale piles that children love to play on. One bale pile has 3 slides on it.</li>
<li>Throughout the Forest there are sandboxes for the children to dig in.</li>
<li>Take a look at our 10 goats, 4 guinea fowl, 4 sheep, 3 horses, 2 sheep, and a ton of chickens and a few chicks. Also wandering our yard is Mr. Chick and some cats. In the gift shop you will find some adorable kittens.</li>
<li>Milk Besty the cow [simulated milking cow]</li>
<li>Play on some tire structures.</li>
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Lorissa Penner Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-81975869632132501032013-08-22T20:56:00.001-06:002013-08-22T20:56:43.668-06:00Ticketed attractions 2013At the Forest admission is $8.00 per person to get in and on top of that you can buy tickets. Tickets can be use on:<br />
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<b> Pumpkins painting [One and Two Tickets]</b><br />
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Let your inner artist come out. Create a master piece on a pumpkin. It's best to paint a pumpkin first, so that it has time to dry before you go home. Some children love dumping on the paint. <b><br /></b><br />
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<b> Pony Ride [Two Tickets]</b><br />
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Come take a ride on Jenny or Spud down a beautiful trail in our Forest. <br />
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<b>Paintball Target [Two Tickets]</b><br />
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Take you best shot at a car and some hanging pots. Who is the better shot?? <br />
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<b>Zipline [One Ticket]</b><br />
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It's 20 feet tall and 200 feet long. Everyone wears a helmet and gets harnessed up. We've had an 18 month all the way up to an 80 go on it. Come take a thrilling ride in the Forest.<br />
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<b>Duck Races [One Ticket]</b><br />
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On your mark.....Get set......Ready..... GO!!!! After you are done racing your ducks you can take them home.<br />
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Come take a ride on our train, which is perfect for 1 years of age up to 101 years of age. New this year is our Farm Safari Train Path. You never know what you may see on the path....<br />
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You get three tennis balls to shoot at a barn. There is a bull in one window, a cat in another, and many other animals. What can you hit?? <br />
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<b>Stuff Your Own Scarecrow [7 tickets]</b><br />
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Full some overalls with straw. Paint a face on a pumpkin and put a hat on top and you have yourselves a scarecrow.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-2533919996306117272013-07-15T17:12:00.000-06:002013-07-15T17:12:12.431-06:00Happy 1st Birthday ButternutOne year ago my parents took a trip to the States and I was in charge of the animals. I knew Jenny was pregnant and due around November/December. I went to the back and gave the horses some hay. I saw a brown thing in the pen and didn't quite process what it was and kept feeding the animals. I finally went back and looked really closely and saw a foal. I was quite surprised, but could tell the foal was really healthy. I phoned my parents, even though there were in the States, and gave them the news. We had a contest to name the foal and she was given the name Butternut.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-70766533045894620682013-07-10T22:27:00.000-06:002013-07-10T22:28:00.789-06:00The 5 W's of Jelly and Jam.<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I like making jelly, jams, and relishes and I'm constantly experimenting with new flavors. I sell my jellies, jams, and relishes on the home yard and at the Pineridge Farmers' Market. Jelly is a clear, like jello consistency, sweet spread. Jam has fruit in it and is thick.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> A common question I get is what can you do with jelly. There are a lot of different ways to use jelly:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The jellies, jams, and relishes I make are:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Orange Mint Jelly</b>: Tastes like Orange Soda.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Pineapple Mint Jelly</b>: A taste of the Tropics.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Apple Cinnamon Jelly</b>: Delicious. Tastes like the red heart candies you get at Valentine's Day.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Apple Mint Jelly: </span></b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Taste of apples in a spread.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jalapeno Jelly: </span></b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hot, but not to hot. Perfect for that next party. Warm it up and pour it on some cream cheese. Serve it with a variety of crackers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Hot Cherry Bomb Jelly</b>. Is a really hot pepper jelly</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A Mint of Everything Jelly: </span></b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Apple, Pineapple, and Orange melded together.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Mint Jelly</b>: A classic jelly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Orange Rhubarb Jam</b>: A milder version of Orange Marmalade.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Sweet Zucchini Relish</b>: My most popular relish. When people try it, they usually buy it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hope to make the follow this summer:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Chocolate Mint Jelly</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Strawberry Jam</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stop by the Penner Pumpkin Veggie and Gift Shop or at the Pineridge Farmers' Market to pick some up.</span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-35407875244039796972013-07-08T16:11:00.002-06:002013-07-08T16:11:59.643-06:00Penner Pumpkins Veggie and Gift Shop now open<span style="background-color: #e69138; color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Veggie and Gift Shop now open<br />Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10 am to 6 pm<br />Fridays 10 am to 9 pm<br />Saturdays at Pineridge Hollow's Farmers' Market from 9 am to 1 pm.<br /><br />For sale:<br />-Lettuce<br />-Tomatoes<br />-Cucumbers<br />-Beets<br />-Make your own flower bouquet<br />-Herbs<br />-Zucchini<br />-Sweet Spanish onions</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #e69138;">-and other vegetables as they the season progresses<br />-Jams, jellies, and relishes<br />-Playdough<br />-Handmade cards<br />-knick knacks</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br />I would highly recommend you try the Orange Mint Jelly (tastes a bit like Orange Cream Soda), the Pineapple Mint Jelly, and the Apple Cinnamon Jelly (tastes like the red heart candies at Valentines). The Orange Rhubarb Jam tastes amazing and has a slightly less orangy taste than Orange Marmalade. People who try the Sweet Zucchini usually end up buying a jar or two.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the Gift Shop we have a table filled with cow and corn knick knacks. Also we have a surprise box. You'll have to visit us to find out what the surprise is.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next to go (bite the dust) was my cellphone and than my laptop. The last two things to go in June were the tent we use at the Farmers' Market and the battery pack.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hopefully July will be a better month and nothing else breaks. Also hopefully I will soon have a new laptop and than I can keep on writing posts every Wednesday and Saturday.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As they say when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Or in my world when life gives a ton of mint, make mint jelly.</span><br />
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LorissaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-43677675170949083072013-06-26T16:48:00.000-06:002013-06-26T16:48:10.955-06:00Communal Cats<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1NTvQhOB29g/UcttVdkB1GI/AAAAAAAAAkE/cb8-i53J5FE/s1600/IMG_0527.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1NTvQhOB29g/UcttVdkB1GI/AAAAAAAAAkE/cb8-i53J5FE/s320/IMG_0527.JPG" /></a><br />
<br /><br /><span style="color: #0c343d;">My dad once exclaimed "What kind of farm do you have? Is this the funny farm"? The name has stuck. Our cats fit really well in the Funny Farm. We use to have a cat that would steal other cats kittens. We would look down our driveway and there she would be a kitten swinging from her mouth. This cat also once nursed a bunny and she thought it was one of her kittens.<br /><br />We also had two cats share kittens. These cats were best friends so they would lie together with each of their four kittens. It was a really strange sight.<br /><br />Recently two of our cats each had a litter of kittens. One of the cats kittens died so she decided she was going to kittennap from the other mom. She would sneak in to where the kittens were playing, lie down, and start purring. The kittens would run up to her and she would lick them all and start walking away. She would call the kittens to follow her. I kept taking the kittens away from her so she finally decided she would just join the other mom. So the kittens have two moms raising them.</span><br /><br />
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LorissaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-75019935574242322922013-06-19T18:22:00.000-06:002013-06-19T20:02:49.537-06:00The Second Market of the Season June 22<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The<span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"><b> </b>weather for Saturday doesn't look to promising: Periods of rain and a high of 21. As a gardener and having groups coming down to the <b><a href="http://www.pennerpumpkins.com/" target="_blank">The Scarecrow Forest</a> </b>I tend to watch the forecast like a hawk and one thing I've noticed is that the forecast always changes. It might be sunny on Saturday, you never know. Penner Pumpkins tent bite the dust last market so if I can find another tent or have the old one fixed than Penner Pumpkins will be at the market.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">A couple of pounds of green tomatoes. The tomatoes are starting to ripen, but the first few always get put to use as Toasted Tomato sandwiches at the Penner house.</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">Jelly (orange mint, pineapple mint, apple mint, apple cinnamon, jalapeno, hot cherry bomb, a mint of everything, and mint).</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">Sweet Zucchini Relish</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">Sweet Cucumber Relish</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">Handmade cards</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">Play dough</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">Potted herbs (Sweet Basil, Lemon Basil, Lime Basil, 8 varieties of mint, Cinnamon Basil, Lemon Thyme, etc.). Check out this blog<b> <a href="http://pennerpumpkins.blogspot.ca/2013/05/21-or-so-varieties-of-herb-plants-for.html" target="_blank">post</a></b> for more varieties.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">Potted Tomato Plants (Cherry, Big Beef, Applause, and Early Girl).</span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lorissa working in the garden. This is our small 0.3 acre garden. We have another two gardens for a total of about 5.3 acres.</span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-71573219714639189572013-06-15T20:15:00.001-06:002013-06-26T17:56:13.185-06:00Minty mint<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">My favorite herb is mint and I grow 9 varieties of mint and am always looking for new varieties. There are over 600 hundred varieties of mint. I love making tea with mint using a tea infuser and my favorite combo is chocolate mint and orange mint, delicious. If you like a sweeter tea trying adding a fresh Stevia leaf.</span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I also love making jelly with mint and experimenting with different flavors. Mint can be used in so many different ways and that is why I love this herb. Mint is invasive and hence should be grown in pots so you won't have a garden of mint. Instead of secretly leaving zucchini on your neighbor's doorstep, you will be leaving mint leaves. My mint plants are $3.25 a pot and my jellies are $3.50/125 ml and $6.50/250 ml.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The varieties of mint I grow are:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Apple Mint – Tall sturdy stems with large, fuzzy, grey-green leaves
that smell slightly of apple and has white flowers in summer. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Chocolate Mint – This herb has a dark, green foliage. It tolerates hot,
dry conditions and is not as invasive as most mints. A nice desert mint! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ginger Mint – Is an ornamental and aromatic mint, with lightly
variegated leaves and a delicate hint of ginger. Performs best with
protection from hot, afternoon sun. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Peppermint – The most famous of all mints, it requires little care and makes excellent teas and candy. This spreading plant has a sharp, penetrating yet pleasant, mint aroma. It grows 1 to 2 feet high,</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Pineapple Mint – Is a very pretty mint and has variegated foliage and a light
pineapple scent. Pineapple mint can be used with lamb, fruit salads, and teas. Works well in
mixed pots with other herbs. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Spearmint – One of the most intensely fresh mints, milder than peppermint, it is used in sauces, jellies, salads, dips, and teas. This is considered one of the most
popular and versatile garden Mint. Spearmint has a fruity aroma and
flavor and blends well in many foods.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Orange Mint- Has a citrusy aroma and flavor, and is slightly spicier than other mints. It makes
a wonderful addition to iced tea, fruit desserts, and potpourris. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">English Mint- Has a mild mint taste. Is really good with meat dishes. </span><br />
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LorissaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-38930398081464509612013-06-11T23:19:00.001-06:002013-06-11T23:19:48.473-06:00Pineridge Hollow Farmers' Market June 15Penner Pumpkins will be at the market on Sat. Our vegetables aren't quite ready yet, but the Penner's are a crafty bunch so we will have for sale:<br />
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<li>Jellies (Orange Mint, Apple Mint, Pineapple Mint, Jalapeno Jelly, Cherry Bomb Jelly (HOT), Apple Cinnamon Jelly, and A Mint of Everything (apple, orange, and pineapple mint).</li>
<li>Sweet Cucumber Relish</li>
<li>Sweet Zucchini Relish</li>
<li>Play dough</li>
<li>Handmade cards</li>
<li>Rhubarb </li>
<li>Tomato plants (have tomatoes on them)</li>
<li>Pepper plants (have peppers on them) </li>
<li>Herbs</li>
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<li>Sweet Basil, Cinnamon Basil, Thyme, a variety of mints, Orange Thyme, Thai Basil, Spicy Globe Basil, Rosemary, and many more kinds </li>
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For the most part our garden is doing really well. It was a really cold spring so that set us back quite a bit. Our zucchini have one inch zucchini's on them. Our greenhouse tomatoes are loaded with green tomatoes. The potatoes and peppers are about to bloom and some are blooming all ready. The cabbage and head lettuce is forming heads.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The greenhouse tomatoes. We grow them in soil and when it gets warm we lift the plastic on the sides of greenhouse up. These tomatoes taste like they were grown in the garden. They are delicious.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greenhouse cucumbers. They are starting to vine and I think by the end of the month there will be cucumbers. Our garden cucumbers are not in the garden yet. Hopefully June 12 we will get them in.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We grow tomatoes in the greenhouse because we can get them in earlier and get tomatoes sooner. Our greenhouse tomatoes always do better than the garden tomatoes.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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LorissaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-7088265431584929302013-06-08T20:07:00.000-06:002013-06-08T20:07:20.207-06:00Silkie Chicken ConfusionSilkies are an interesting bird. They are really good mothers and they go broody (wanting to sit on eggs and hatch them) really easily. In April we had two broody hens and now we are up to three.<br />
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We had two nests in the box and we noticed two hens were sitting on the same nest (each sat on half of the eggs) so we started collecting eggs and made the other one a nest. When we feed them they come off of their nest and than go right back on. That is if they can find the right nest. We had a hen who would sit on the three different pile of eggs til she found one she liked. Another favorite thing the hens like doing is stealing eggs. Some days there are two piles of eggs and others days there are three piles of eggs. Also sometimes there are three hens in the box and other times there are six hens in the box.<br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sPpgIHR6z8c/UbPaioDRAjI/AAAAAAAAAh4/QWxxYA2nqCM/s1600/389199_452302948116369_1806633149_n.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="175" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sPpgIHR6z8c/UbPaioDRAjI/AAAAAAAAAh4/QWxxYA2nqCM/s200/389199_452302948116369_1806633149_n.JPG" width="200" /></a>One day we had a group come down and they were so excited because they were finding eggs all over the place in the petting farm. Our Silkies plop out the eggs were ever they feel like. That day one of our cats gave birth to kittens or as one little girl said "the cat laid some kittens" in the chicken area of the petting farm. When I went to go look at the kittens I saw an egg under the cat. The next day the cat was taking a walk so I went to go make sure her kittens were okay and a hen was sitting on the kittens.<br />
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The clutch of eggs from April didn't hatch so we have put fresh eggs underneath all three broody hens. Our hens have never had issues before hatching eggs so we are wondering if maybe our very cold spring had something to do with it. Two hens have been sitting on eggs since April, but the birds look healthy so we are allowing them to try to hatch batch number two. It takes eggs 21 days to hatch so I'm hoping we will have chicks June 21st. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-1724856059073344292013-05-29T23:45:00.000-06:002013-05-29T23:45:28.378-06:0010 Goats = Entertainment.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr align="left"><td>I have done a couple of posts on my goats. One was on whether they were <a href="http://pennerpumpkins.blogspot.ca/2013/03/goats.html" target="_blank">pregnant</a> or not. Another was Chloe giving <a href="http://pennerpumpkins.blogspot.ca/2013/05/goat-labor-birth-and-after.html" target="_blank">birth.</a> A third post was when Chloe's kids went <a href="http://pennerpumpkins.blogspot.ca/2013/05/lost-goats-and-kittens-while-trying-to.html" target="_blank">missing.</a>
This post is to introduce all 10 goats. A crazy amount of goats and
I'm hoping to sell all four kids in fall. The male goats are $100 each
and I will be fixing them and the female goats are $150 each. At least
goats are very entertaining and are a stress relief. The kids love the tire and will sleep inside it and run around on the inside. The picture is of me with Mozart and Jack at just a couple of months old (2011).</td><td><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zZ3U0Svdnws/Uabk1Jl0NNI/AAAAAAAAAhE/qetwA71Zybk/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zZ3U0Svdnws/Uabk1Jl0NNI/AAAAAAAAAhE/qetwA71Zybk/s320/006.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
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The female pen is like a soap opera. Chloe doesn't like Betsy. Betsy doesn't like Chloe's kids. The kids all love each other, but have to avoid each others mothers. Watching the female pen is entertainment.<br />
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LorissaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-5282143147858932092013-05-25T20:12:00.000-06:002013-05-25T20:12:59.629-06:00Meet the Scarecrows.We had our first group out May 13th and we set up our Scarecrows May 10th. We have 18 scarecrow scenes set up around the yard and in the Forest. Shirley and Lorissa make and dress up the Scarecrows. TJ makes them stand and Amanda draws the faces.<br />
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LorissaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-39251469760076045592013-05-23T21:07:00.000-06:002013-05-23T21:07:43.173-06:00Gardening Bloopers and TipsI have been gardening or watching my mom garden my entire life. Most times the gardening goes according to plan, but sometimes things go awry.<br />
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Blooper 1: I once planted a row of sunflowers, than beans, and than two rows of tomatoes. The beans had no sunlight, but surprisingly still gave beans.<br />
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Blooper 2: I tend not to label everything and just do the basics so I can figure out what is what. One year my mom phoned me all excited. There were white things growing in the pumpkin row in our small 0.3 acre garden. I come over and take a look and there were spaghetti squash growing among the pumpkins. We use our small garden for educational purposes so it was an oops.<br />
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Blooper 3: I planted 120 feet of zucchini. If you have a good market you might be able to get rid of all the zucchini, but I had an overload of zucchini that year. If you plant zucchini just for your family, two or three plants is enough.<br />
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Tip one: Have a garden plan and practice <a href="http://www.todayshomeowner.com/vegetable-garden-crop-rotation-made-easy/" target="_blank">crop rotation.</a> Crop rotation is important to prevent diseases, nutrient balance, and other benefits. One thing we do is plant a row of peas, than cucumbers, peas, cucumbers, etc. We do this because peas come out at the middle of July and this allows the cucumbers to vine where the peas where. <br />
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Tip two: If you're new to gardening make sure you read up on gardening on the Internet, in seed catalogues, in books, etc.. Gardening does require a certain amount of knowledge in order to get a bumper crop of vegetables. You can't seed tomatoes, peppers, and sweet Spanish onions in the garden because they will never get ready before the first frost. Once you have some understanding of gardening it is fun and rewarding. Even if you are a seasoned gardener you can always learn something new while browsing the Internet and books.<br />
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Tip three: If gardening isn't your thing Penner Pumpkins sells fresh vegetables off their home yard and at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pineridge-Hollow-Farmers-Market/223699004311597?fref=ts" target="_blank">Pineridge Farmers' Market.</a>. Check our facebook page for what vegetables are in season and our hours.<br />
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LorissaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-79344609404305808572013-05-18T21:16:00.000-06:002013-05-19T10:41:20.385-06:00The Most Annoying Scarecrow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #e69138;">You would think after 5 years of seeing scarecrows on our yard we would be use to them. Apparently not as the same scarecrow freaks Shirley, John, and me out. When ever we step out of the barn and look to the right we get a scare. We think someone is wandering around in the back by the Snack Shack. People driving onto our yard and wandering around our yard is normal (when we are not open to the public). A bit bizarre, but normal. So sometimes we don't know who is real and who is fake when we aren't really paying attention. I will just have to get use to the fact that everyone once in a while my heart rate and blood pressure will spike when I am by the barn and in the Forest.<span style="background-color: orange;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow;"></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-87260037897094486812013-05-15T23:29:00.000-06:002013-05-15T23:29:27.930-06:00Lost goats and kittens, while trying to plant a garden.Little Bo Peep has lost her goats and kittens, but not her sheep. I was sitting down ready to have a nice cup of coffee in the morning and I get a phone call from my mom (Shirley). She was frantic because she couldn't find the baby kids. Chloe was frantic and bleating. I told her to look throughout the pen because they couldn't have escaped. They weren't in the pen so Shirley let Chloe out of her pen to find her kids. As soon as she was out she ran out to the green grass and started chowing down. I dumped my coffee into a travel mug and drove over to my mom's place. When I got there she had the baby kids. They had escaped the pen and were curled up tight in a corner by our barn. Thank goodness they were alright. Now the gate is shut tight so they can't escape again.<br />
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I than went to the greenhouse to check on the plants and to start seeding the pumpkins. I heard yodeling coming from our table. We have this huge table in the middle of our greenhouse so we can put our trays on it. We have created a mini greenhouse around this table with plastic. On Sat. or Sun. Fleck Head (a cat) had kittens in the greenhouse. She decided having them in the rolls of plastic was a perfect place to have her kittens. On Sun we found one kitten, on Mon we found two kittens, and Tues. we found four kittens. I had found a nice box for the one kitten on Sun, but she decided plastic was a much better place. When I went into the greenhouse on Tuesday they were on top of the table all over the place. I moved them into one corner with a piece of cloth. I planted for a while, went for lunch, and when I came back they were yodeling again. Being 3-4 days old the kittens sure can yodel and motor. I found them ALL (scattered all over the table) and put them into the box. On Wed. they were still in the box thank goodness.<br />
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When we were not finding lost animals we were busy in the greenhouse and garden. In the greenhouse we seeded the pumpkins, gourds, squash, and cucumbers. In the garden we have seeded peas, carrots, sunflowers, lettuce, beets, and beans and we planted potatoes and cabbages. In two weeks we are going to tackle our 5 acre garden.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-82899622344437357982013-05-12T21:46:00.000-06:002013-05-12T21:46:08.769-06:00Goat labor, birth, and afterOn Wednesday (May 8) Chloe starting acting really strange. She was pawing the ground and staring into space. Her favorite position was standing in a corner facing the wall. I was expecting her to have her kids around May 17 (which would have been the 145th day) so I wasn't sure if this was labor or not. I fed her some Alfalfa and she ate it so I knew she was okay. I had read a lot about goat labor, but I found the more I read the more confused I got.<br />
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On Thursday she was doing the same thing as Wednesday. Than late in the afternoon she was sort of pushing so I figured it had to be soon. I got a lawn chair and sat down to watch whether anything was going to happen. All of a sudden she flopped on the ground on her stomach and started twisting her heads in all directions. In a short time 3 kids were born. A first timer with triplets. One was stillborn, the second had weak kid syndrome, and the third was healthy. At around two hours old he was chasing the rooster and his hens around the pen.<br />
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The second one I tried to get it to drink from nipple and the bottle and it didn't want to drink. I tried to get it to eat every four hours (at birth, 7:30pm, 11:30pm, 3:30am) and when I went back at 7:45am it was wobbly walking around. It looked like it had sea legs. It was really nice to see it walking around. I still needed to help it find the nipple, but it was sucking which was a relief.<br />
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May 12th the kids are doing wonderful. They are jumping around outside and are extremely cute. Now it's Besty's turn. We still don't know if she is just fat or pregnant.<br />
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LorissaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834612701135438300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230906062423501923.post-49265363603708307532013-05-08T19:35:00.000-06:002013-05-08T19:35:54.955-06:00Cleanup time at the Forest.Spring has sprung and now it's time to cleanup the Forest. It's amazing how much work needs to be done before we can open. Our first group is coming on May 13th (Monday). Tomorrow we are going to be putting up the scarecrows in the Forest. TJ is working on putting up the Kiddie Corral. We had a huge snow hill on the yard and it was melting slowly so TJ took a shovel to it so it would melt faster. Than there is a lot of things that need to be washed. It's amazing how dusty everything gets. Fences need to be fixed, flower pots need new dirt in them, gravel needs to be put down by the slides, the seed plots need to be tilled and seeded, etc. Good thing TJ and one of his friends love to work and are working really hard to get everything up and running. We open to the public on Aug. 31.<br />
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