Animals
- I'm Dreaming Of A Green Garden!
Our frigid Arctic vortex has apparently moved onward.Today's highs are expected in the 20's.This weekend could go to 60! For now, though, it still looks wintery.The pond is frozen except for two circular areas that stay liquiddue to aerators...
- Chicken Dynamics
Happy Monday!After a week with lots and lots of company...each and every day,I am spending this coming week getting caught up on garden work.It's time to tear out the spring plants and get boxes ready for fall planting. We've had a lot of rooster...
- 100% Chance Of Vegetables!
We're in the midst of a weather pattern that only a gardener could love! Daily storms have provided enough moisture to make watering unnecessary. The garden has literally exploded with green biomass. Every single seedling has thrived, and...
- Back Up Plan
Yesterday was day one without water at the barn.Getting water out to the animals was a matter of filling up 9 three gallon watering cans at the house to haul around to birds and goats.Luckily I had just filled the horses' troughs before the pump...
- Cat Naps
Ever wonder where the phrase "cat nap" came from? All you would have to do is to watch my barn kittiesand you would know how that phrase came to be! I spent yesterday morning watering.You see, we are going to Chicago for the rest of the week,and I wanted...
Animals
Please Send Rain!
Water.
It's one of our most precious resources.
And one that we have received so little of lately.
We have been without significant rainfall for weeks, now.
The pond is suffering.
It is down about 2 feet from its highest point.
The ducks are unaffected, and merrily splash in whatever water they have.
The ducklings have grown to the point
of being almost indistinguishable from the other mature ducks.
The only way you know for sure it is them,
is by the fact that all 16 are always together!
(Did I mention that 32 ducks can eat one out of house and home?)
Oh, and by the way, look what was hanging around inside the duck hut.
A pair of these creatures....
It looks almost prehistoric, doesn't it?
Isn't it amazing how nature can camouflage itself so well?
This guy would blend into a tree trunk perfectly!
Because of the lack of rainfall, I have had to water my garden daily.
And everything is growing like crazy.
Some of the herbs are taller than me...
The tomatillo is loaded with fruit.
Mmmmmm.....salsa verde in our future!
My 6 tiny zinnia plants are huge and offering daily bouquets
which make the house so cheery.
Oh, if only I could grow zinnias all year long.
How could you ever feel blue with fresh zinnias
spreading cheer?
The Great Pumpkin has visited my squash patch and left behind
several pumpkin babies.
I will tenderly care for these pumpkin babies,
so that we can enjoy fresh pumpkin pies this fall.
Apparently, Bobby likes the garden playhouse, also!
Anytime I am in the garden, there is always at least one barn kitty there to keep me company....
often times having found a shady spot for napping....
like the front porch of the playhouse.
Ahhhhh....life is good!
One hundred blueberry bushes are in need of a drink.
So, Hubbs and I fill the gator with watering cans
and water them, as well as the orchard trees and the grape vines.
A little rain would be nice....
so, if any of you are in a wet spot....
please send it right along to Pennsylvania.
Oh, and by the way....
the chicks (26) that arrived on Monday
have all survived and are doing quite well.
And yes, I might have smooched one or two of them.
So, if I fail to post a blog in the next week,
it may be because I have succumbed to salmonella!
( Piffle!)
- I'm Dreaming Of A Green Garden!
Our frigid Arctic vortex has apparently moved onward.Today's highs are expected in the 20's.This weekend could go to 60! For now, though, it still looks wintery.The pond is frozen except for two circular areas that stay liquiddue to aerators...
- Chicken Dynamics
Happy Monday!After a week with lots and lots of company...each and every day,I am spending this coming week getting caught up on garden work.It's time to tear out the spring plants and get boxes ready for fall planting. We've had a lot of rooster...
- 100% Chance Of Vegetables!
We're in the midst of a weather pattern that only a gardener could love! Daily storms have provided enough moisture to make watering unnecessary. The garden has literally exploded with green biomass. Every single seedling has thrived, and...
- Back Up Plan
Yesterday was day one without water at the barn.Getting water out to the animals was a matter of filling up 9 three gallon watering cans at the house to haul around to birds and goats.Luckily I had just filled the horses' troughs before the pump...
- Cat Naps
Ever wonder where the phrase "cat nap" came from? All you would have to do is to watch my barn kittiesand you would know how that phrase came to be! I spent yesterday morning watering.You see, we are going to Chicago for the rest of the week,and I wanted...