Animals
- Autumn In The Garden
If you've read my blog for a while,then you will know how I love signs!I couldn't help but think that my newly planted garlic patch needed a sign.And so I got to work creating one. Besides looking cute in the garden,this sign will serve as a...
- Morning Glorious
Every spring I plant a few morning glory vines around the tall garden fence.And by the time summer comes to a close,the garden is surrounded by glorious purple trumpets. From year to year, these cheerful blossoms re-seed themselves and multiply. In...
- Come Stroll With Me
Come stroll with me in the garden.The sun has set and the air is moist and cool. We've had just enough rain this past week for me to ignore the watering,and still, it all is looking like a jungle. The sunflowers are over 10 feet tall! With their...
- Harvesting
Up at the crack of dawn.... and out to do the animal chores.Once those were completed, I headed to the garden to do somewatering, weeding and harvesting.It was even too early for my usual help... While so much of the country is dealing with storms and...
- Minerva, Master-weeder
Amazingly, since Minerva has taken up residence in the garden, it is virtually weed free (we won't mention that I spent the entire past week on my hands and knees). Regardless, the garden is the best it has ever looked at this point of the season....
Animals
Glorious Spring
That's me...
one happy farm gal...
with a colander full of spinach, asparagus and lettuce,
and a bouquet of radishes.
We have been treated to a string of the most perfect summer days you could ever imagine!
Temps are in the 70's with low humidity...
clear blue skies with an occasional puffy cloud.
We are all enjoying this time.
Gardening and mowing are a joy in this weather.
Remember how sad I was about my frozen strawberry blossoms?
Well, these miraculous little plants pushed out new blossoms,
and berries are starting to ripen.
Our harvest will be late this year, but I suspect it will be decent.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
With daily watering, the garden is bestowing a bountiful harvest upon us.
So fresh, so yummy, so good-for-you!
Even the rose bushes are happy...
with sweet little blossoms turning their delicate faces sun-ward.
The newly moved hens are all doing great...
and are always more than willing to line up for a photo shoot!
Although these black and white beauties look like Barred Rocks,
they are actually Cuckoo Marans... very sweet natured chocolate brown egg layers.
The turkeys took their move to the old henhouse by the barn in stride.
They continue to follow me around...
always my supervisors.
Now, if only this weather would last for the entire summer.
But then, we would be living in San Diego, and not here in Central Pa.
No, the weather is bound to get much hotter and much more humid.
So, I will enjoy these days while they last!
Hope you are enjoying this time of year as well... wherever you are!
- Autumn In The Garden
If you've read my blog for a while,then you will know how I love signs!I couldn't help but think that my newly planted garlic patch needed a sign.And so I got to work creating one. Besides looking cute in the garden,this sign will serve as a...
- Morning Glorious
Every spring I plant a few morning glory vines around the tall garden fence.And by the time summer comes to a close,the garden is surrounded by glorious purple trumpets. From year to year, these cheerful blossoms re-seed themselves and multiply. In...
- Come Stroll With Me
Come stroll with me in the garden.The sun has set and the air is moist and cool. We've had just enough rain this past week for me to ignore the watering,and still, it all is looking like a jungle. The sunflowers are over 10 feet tall! With their...
- Harvesting
Up at the crack of dawn.... and out to do the animal chores.Once those were completed, I headed to the garden to do somewatering, weeding and harvesting.It was even too early for my usual help... While so much of the country is dealing with storms and...
- Minerva, Master-weeder
Amazingly, since Minerva has taken up residence in the garden, it is virtually weed free (we won't mention that I spent the entire past week on my hands and knees). Regardless, the garden is the best it has ever looked at this point of the season....