Animals
- 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...
- Rainy Silliness
Yesterday afternoon I ran to town to do some Christmas shopping. I left the Littles in the front pasture for the afternoon, as the weather was cold and cloudy. Sometime while I was in town, however, it started to rain. This is what I came home to......"Hey...
- A Bad Hair Day
Yesterday evening was crazy busy...bringing in the hay before more rain came. We were able to harvest another 200 bales of beautiful grass hay from our field. The weather has been so rainy this summer, that making hay has been "touch and go". The hay...
- 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....
- Rainy Day Projects
Warm weather arrived suddenly this week. Several days of warm, dry, sunny days made watering necessary. By the end of the week, our four rain barrels were completely empty. Finally, today it is raining....a good steady soft rain. The kind of rain that...
Animals
Rainy Days and Gooseberries
Rainy days are not so bad on the farm.
They are an opportunity to slow down just a bit.
This week will have its share of rainy days,
so I have been given a break from the garden watering and grass watering chores.
The garden is growing at an unbelievable pace.
Our first crop of broccoli is ready to harvest.
The sugar peas will soon blossom and shortly after that will be loaded with pea pods.
Radishes are peeking their blushing cheeks above the soil.
And the flowers are quite delighted with the rain.
I have added several rose bushes around the perimeter of the garden.
I love mixing flowers with vegetables.
Ollie, one of the Littles, seems to be quite enamored with the pigs.
While everyone else was busy eating (the horses' favorite pastime),
Ollie was busy visiting with Ginger and MaryAnn.
During one of yesterday's showers,
I took the opportunity to bake a gooseberry pie (Hubbs' very favorite pie).
We have one gooseberry bush, so each year I make just one pie.
The bush is big enough this year, though, that I just might make another for the freezer.
During one of yesterday's showers,
I took the opportunity to bake a gooseberry pie (Hubbs' very favorite pie).
We have one gooseberry bush, so each year I make just one pie.
The bush is big enough this year, though, that I just might make another for the freezer.
Gooseberries are the unripe red currant and are quite sour.
But, oh so good with ice cream on top!!
- 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...
- Rainy Silliness
Yesterday afternoon I ran to town to do some Christmas shopping. I left the Littles in the front pasture for the afternoon, as the weather was cold and cloudy. Sometime while I was in town, however, it started to rain. This is what I came home to......"Hey...
- A Bad Hair Day
Yesterday evening was crazy busy...bringing in the hay before more rain came. We were able to harvest another 200 bales of beautiful grass hay from our field. The weather has been so rainy this summer, that making hay has been "touch and go". The hay...
- 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....
- Rainy Day Projects
Warm weather arrived suddenly this week. Several days of warm, dry, sunny days made watering necessary. By the end of the week, our four rain barrels were completely empty. Finally, today it is raining....a good steady soft rain. The kind of rain that...