Post Ranchfest Rain!

4/27/08 - The Lord's Day - After Dinner. Well, we finally got some decent rain. It has been relatively cool for April and we received enough rain to really help out with the gardens and crops. Most of Ranchfest folks are leaving today, though some have already left. We had a great week, and we got a lot of fencing done.

The critical wood for the rafters and the floor joists in the office never arrived, so we did very little work on the office. We are not worried though, since we will be able to get those projects moving as soon as the wood gets here. We completed two fence lines and we partially completed a few others. I am very grateful for the work we did get finished. Fairly soon I will be able to easily free-range the pigs, and the goat(s) will have a fenced area as well.

I have a bunch of pictures to post next week, so check in early and often. I'm sorry I have been absent most of the week, but we had a very busy Ranchfest, leading up to about 32 people being here for Q&A last night at the Siffords.

Speaking of the Siffords. David and Susan have started a blog, and I have to tell you it is one of the best (and best written) Agrarian blogs I have read. You have to go back to the first blog and read them all as they go forward, because the whole thing is a biography or story of their process in coming out of the world system and separating to a true Christian Agrarian life. Make sure you read all of them, it is an awesome and inspiring story. After you have read them, make sure you bookmark the SiffordSojournal in your blog-roll or visit it daily from my blogroll on the right hand side of the page.

I want to thank everyone who came out for Ranchfest, and all of the men and women here too - for all their help and their gracious volunteering during the week. We praise God for the love and care shown to us and to our needs here on the farm. Thank you to all of you out there who donated for Ranchfest as well. We all had a wonderful time, and it was a great time of learning and fellowship. We plan on having a "Super"-Ranchfest this coming fall, with every intention of making it the biggest Ranchfest ever. We are right now encouraging everyone to consider coming out to Ranchfest this coming October. I will be posting Fall (Super)Ranchfest 2008 dates in the next week.

So stay tuned for many pictures - If the Lord wills I will start posting them tomorrow. Also, be checking out the other blogs from folks in our community (on our blogroll), because many of them will be posting pictures as well.

Your servant in Christ Jesus,

Michael