Our summer season is underway, with 3 wwoofers and Jamie, Nancy, and Terry working hard on various projects. Our first 3 wwoofers are 3 19-year-old girls from Barnyard College in New York City, and they are happily plunging headfirst into whatever job we give them, and learning a lot, too! We all have been spending lots of time swimming in the lake every day, although temperatures haven't been too hot lately.
The garden is mostly planted, and some things are already producing delicious frutis and vegetables for us to eat, namely, tons of Chard. Our first squash bloom showed up today, and this year we will have our first pomegranite crop.
GOAT NEWS!! We got our first 3 goats on Tuesday. They are all gorgeous. 2 are milking (twice a day, tons of delicious milk) and one is recently bred, which means she's due to have 1-4 babies in 5 months. The goats' names are Jada, Lola, and Wanda. Their happy bleating rings through the hills whenever they see us coming!
On Monday (Memorial Day) Katrina, Chloe, and Jamie (that's me!) went for a day kayaking trip into Lake Berryessa from our house. It was so beautiful, we stopped on an isthmus to eat lunch and explore, and then took a swim in the clear turquiose water before kayaking home to meet Suzannah, who had just arrived from the airport.
Now it is time to go milk the goats, and then inside for dinner, which Chloe has prepared, including a chocolate cake from scratch!! Life doesn't get better than this.
