Animals
- Blueberries, Turkeys And Dogs, Dogs, Dogs...and More Dog?
If you stop by the farm for a visit and cannot find me....check the garden or the blueberry patch.They are keeping me quite busy these days! Our 100 blueberry bushes are quite productive this year.We have been picking them every other day and getting...
- 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...
- What I've Been Up To
Seems like this week has been a flurry of activity,and, gosh, it's only Wednesday. The bear trap has left us...the game warden came and picked it up yesterday.No bear.Just a silly old coon and a nasty looking 'possum...both of whomprobably still...
- Pecking Order
This might be the one chicken characteristic that I cannot stand. That is.....the weakest chicken is always picked on by the others. Yesterday morning I witnessed a very sad display of this pecking order behavior. Unfortunately my favorite gal, Babs,...
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To me, mornings on the farm are the best time of day. By 5:15 AM the air is filled with cheerful melodies as the wood thrushes call "eee-olaaaay" back and forth to each other. Most mornings are relatively the same...early rising followed by the same daily...
Animals
The Randomness Continues
First, I'd like to wish you Happy July!!
I think perhaps the theme of this entire week might be completely random.
I think perhaps the theme of this entire week might be completely random.
You see, as I go about my work around the farm each day,
a lot of little things catch my eye and I think of sharing them with you.
If you were with me as I work, I would say...
"Look there...look at that...isn't that amazing?"
So, today I am going to do just that...
take you with me and share all of the random beauty that reveals itself as I go.
We are going to head out to the back side of the farm for a little tour
and a little blueberry picking.
But before that, we need to walk down our long driveway to the mailbox.
I am hoping that some jewelry findings have arrived.
As I open the mailbox to find today's delivery,
I notice that the outhouse lilies have begun to bloom beside the driveway....
and across the road, pink, wild, climbing roses are covering the rock wall.
Lovely, I think.
So let's head past the barn and the garden...
I'd like to show you another part of the farm.
I cut enough zinnias and a sunflower for a vase in the kitchen.
Last stop for this trip is the blueberry patch.
About 5 or 6 years ago we planted 100 blueberry bushes.
There are four rows of 25 plants...each row a different variety that ripens at a slightly different time.
This week the first row has started to ripen and desperately needs to be picked.
Twenty five bushes later, here is our first harvest.
These bushes will be ready to pick again in a day or two.
I see lots of blueberry jam in our future!
(as well as lots of blueberries in our freezer)
- Blueberries, Turkeys And Dogs, Dogs, Dogs...and More Dog?
If you stop by the farm for a visit and cannot find me....check the garden or the blueberry patch.They are keeping me quite busy these days! Our 100 blueberry bushes are quite productive this year.We have been picking them every other day and getting...
- 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...
- What I've Been Up To
Seems like this week has been a flurry of activity,and, gosh, it's only Wednesday. The bear trap has left us...the game warden came and picked it up yesterday.No bear.Just a silly old coon and a nasty looking 'possum...both of whomprobably still...
- Pecking Order
This might be the one chicken characteristic that I cannot stand. That is.....the weakest chicken is always picked on by the others. Yesterday morning I witnessed a very sad display of this pecking order behavior. Unfortunately my favorite gal, Babs,...
-
To me, mornings on the farm are the best time of day. By 5:15 AM the air is filled with cheerful melodies as the wood thrushes call "eee-olaaaay" back and forth to each other. Most mornings are relatively the same...early rising followed by the same daily...