Though not the biggest chicken egg laid, we had our first organic brown egg! There will be more to come. Neighbor Teresa called last week to let us know she found an egg which alerted us to start looking. She found another one this week. At four months the Barreds seem almost full grown. The Buffs in comparison at 2 months still have a way to go.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Summer Time
Here it is the end of June already! This Summer has been dry. That's bought me some time with weeding the garden. Thank you to Louise who gave me numerous burlap bags to put between the rows. Clever idea. Last weekend between hay baling, I was able to hoe out the garden. Not too many weeds came up in a week's time so putting the burlap down was easy. The garden looks like it is in Columbia with all the coffee bags. Hee.
Morning inspections allowed for a hornet nest discovery. Definitely had to address that. Thankfully no stings.
I've been really shocked with the hollyhocks that bloomed this year from seed planted last year. To me they are very stunning.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Morning inspections allowed for a hornet nest discovery. Definitely had to address that. Thankfully no stings.
I've been really shocked with the hollyhocks that bloomed this year from seed planted last year. To me they are very stunning.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Time Flys - Happy Fathers Day
The Barreds are now 4 months old and the Buffs are 7 weeks.
It isn't officially Summer yet but the weather has been hot and muggy as if it were.
The pheasants now seem to be at their peak egg laying season. There was the bator hatch two and a half weeks ago prior to the NY visit, one of the hens started sitting just before we left and she hatched out this week AND now the other hen is sitting!
Other activities on the farm - Hay and more Hay. Grandpa, ran the square baler, Mariah and I bundled on the field and then loaded up one trailer load, and with the help of all the others in the family loaded up another full load as well another small load. We were able to put away 195 bales.
There's health activity in the garden. Summer Squash is blooming! Beets are getting close to being harvested. Transplanted two tomato volunteers. They will offset the loss of two plants Louise gave us. The Starlings are notorious for snipping young starting plants. So I was very happy to see the replacements.
It isn't officially Summer yet but the weather has been hot and muggy as if it were.
The pheasants now seem to be at their peak egg laying season. There was the bator hatch two and a half weeks ago prior to the NY visit, one of the hens started sitting just before we left and she hatched out this week AND now the other hen is sitting!
Other activities on the farm - Hay and more Hay. Grandpa, ran the square baler, Mariah and I bundled on the field and then loaded up one trailer load, and with the help of all the others in the family loaded up another full load as well another small load. We were able to put away 195 bales.
There's health activity in the garden. Summer Squash is blooming! Beets are getting close to being harvested. Transplanted two tomato volunteers. They will offset the loss of two plants Louise gave us. The Starlings are notorious for snipping young starting plants. So I was very happy to see the replacements.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)