Animals
- Berry Time!
One of our favorite times is here...and by now you know that we have many favorite times around here! It's berry season. And that makes us berry, berry happy!! Strawberries, big and juicy... lusciously sweet...are appearing daily in the new strawberry...
- Sleep Tight, Strawberries
Temperatures are dropping. Nightly lows are consistently in the low 30's. It is time to put the strawberries to bed for the winter....snugly tucked in beneath a blanket of straw. I have read that strawberries can tolerate frost, but when temperatures...
- Amazing...
Today is September 5th and I just took this picture this evening. We have one row of ever-bearing strawberry plants in our garden...and they are true to their name! We have had berries of one type or another ripe to pick for the last 3 months non-stop....
- A Garden Gone Wild!
A very moist summer has made excellent growing conditions for our most prolific crop....WEEDS! We have had a fantastic berry harvest this year. Even the wild blackberries that line our woods are bursting with plump ripe fruit (watch out for chiggers,though!)....
- A Berry Good Day
April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring? Strawberries in June!! We have had a rather moist Spring this year which made for excellent growth of our strawberry patch. Now the plants are loaded with ripening berries and the hot weather...
Animals
Sneak Peak...Berries
This is what my strawberry patch has in it right now....
lots and lots of blossoms.
And....some immature fruit.
In just a few short weeks we will be overflowing with red, ripe strawberries.
Oh, I can hardly wait...
strawberry jam,
strawberry shortcake,
strawberry pie,
strawberries on our cereal,
strawberries on waffles,
strawberries on our ice cream,
strawberries and spinach salad.....
The possibilities are endless!
A few weeks after the strawberries are ripe,
the blueberries will come into season,
and then the blackberries.
Berry season on the farm....our favorite time of year!!
Berry season is a favorite time for the chickens, too.
We always keep a separate container for the chickens as we
pick berries. Berries that have been bitten by bugs are
given to the chickens as a tasty treat.
Yum!
- Berry Time!
One of our favorite times is here...and by now you know that we have many favorite times around here! It's berry season. And that makes us berry, berry happy!! Strawberries, big and juicy... lusciously sweet...are appearing daily in the new strawberry...
- Sleep Tight, Strawberries
Temperatures are dropping. Nightly lows are consistently in the low 30's. It is time to put the strawberries to bed for the winter....snugly tucked in beneath a blanket of straw. I have read that strawberries can tolerate frost, but when temperatures...
- Amazing...
Today is September 5th and I just took this picture this evening. We have one row of ever-bearing strawberry plants in our garden...and they are true to their name! We have had berries of one type or another ripe to pick for the last 3 months non-stop....
- A Garden Gone Wild!
A very moist summer has made excellent growing conditions for our most prolific crop....WEEDS! We have had a fantastic berry harvest this year. Even the wild blackberries that line our woods are bursting with plump ripe fruit (watch out for chiggers,though!)....
- A Berry Good Day
April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring? Strawberries in June!! We have had a rather moist Spring this year which made for excellent growth of our strawberry patch. Now the plants are loaded with ripening berries and the hot weather...