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It’s still rainy and cool here, but way warmer than it should be for this time of the year.  Typically, our daily high temp. is about 36°F with a average low of 18°F.  For the last few days and the forecast for the next week or so, the weather is well above normal (highs in the upper 30′s-40′s and lows above freezing).  Snow is disappearing daily, with only a few inches remaining.  Water and muck is the worst part of spring on the farm.  The farm yard is wet but the barn yard and outdoor pens are a saucy mix of wet hay, mud and manure.  Yes… I am aware that I used the term ‘saucy’.

The good news is that the wet weather didn’t stop Farmer Mike from coming over.  He was returning home from the butcher in Belgade, MN and said he had some meat for us.  If you know us, we love to barter and it seems as though Mike and his family like to barter back.  A few days ago, Carol dropped-off a few pounds of our pastured pork (since we had more than we needed).  We were just trying to be nice… You know… friends doing stuff for friends.  Anyway, it may have been Mike’s idea but his wife Karen insisted they give us some beef in exchange.  OK… no need to ruin a good friendship over farm vettles… “We’ll take some!“  So today… we got the goodie-bag of beef.  Not just regular beef, but some high quality organic beef.  Carol and I are still trying to figure out who got the best deal.  What sounds more expensive… organic beef or pastured pork?  Hmmm.

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