Erik Jacobs's spring update from his apprenticeship at The Farm School. Pictured, Tess Morningstar of Hopkinton, a student at the school.

A newborn lamb relaxed from the stresses of farm life in springtime.

Student farmer Sarah Habeck of Middletown, N.J., petted a baby ox.

Momoko Hirose of Cambridge fixed a pig feeder.

Andrew Harrington of Barrington, R.I., worked with Russian honeybees.