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Later in the afternoon we harvested honey
- A Perfect Summer Weekend
It was a perfect summer weekend...and boy, did we pack a lot into it! Our newlyweds, Tim and Amanda were home for the weekend,so we took a trip to State College (PSU) and attended their Arts Fest.We sat and watched the Bubble Man blow the most enormous...
- Sunday Funday
(I stole the title of today's post from my son and daughter-in-law... it's what they call Sundays at their house, and it seemed fitting!) As predicted, it was a quiet, but lovely weekend on the farm.Aside from a couple of errands run on Saturday,...
- Wild And Wonderful Weekends
To you, reading this blog, it might seem like the everyday routine on the farmis awfully busy.And although you are right, it is busy....there is a sort of rhythm to the work.It is all very quiet, usually calm and completely peaceful tending to daily chores....
- Super Sunday
This past weekend was an "anything but quiet" weekend on the farm.We had lots and lots of visitors. It was Homecoming weekend for Amanda and Tim, who graduated from a local college...so several of their friends came to the farm for a camp-out. The...
- Transition
We rode into the weekend on Summer's coat tails....hot and muggy weather.Then, a monsoon blew through on Saturday afternoon (horizontal sheets of cat and dog rain with gale force winds)helping Summer on her way;and Autumn made his official...
Animals
What a Weekend!
We had a long weekend, yes we did!
And it passed by so very quickly.
Around here, when time passes by quickly, it is because it was chocked full of activity!
And this weekend was no exception.
I'll give you just the highlights, otherwise you'll be here visiting me for half the day.
Added to the usual farm chores, there was a little gooseberry picking...
(and another pie baked..."sour pie" as Hubbs calls it.)
We harvested all of the rest of the broccoli
and gave the stalks to the chickens (one of their favorites).
They had the stalks stripped of all the leaves in a matter of minutes.
We planted Romanesco cauliflower (Christmas tree cauliflower) in its place.
We have found that planting marigolds in amongst these veggies
truly makes a difference in pest control.
Our garden boxes with marigolds have remarkably less insect damage.
We took delivery of a "surplus" rooster, a silkie, that someone did not want.
Meet Elton John...
A visit from Tyler and his Mommy was Sunday's highlight.
We took a pony ride...
a gator ride through the woods...
We visited with the piggies...
and gathered eggs....
Later in the afternoon we harvested honey
(the subject of tomorrow's post).
A severe thunderstorm on Sunday evening left us with a bit of damage
and a lot of additional clean up work.
A choke cherry tree ended up crashing down on the pasture fence between the horses and the pigs.
This week we'll have to do a bit of chain saw work
and rebuild a portion of the fence.
On Memorial Day we took a few hours away from the farm to kayak on our favorite river.
We did a beautiful six mile stretch on the Juniata River.
It was a wonderful weekend with a few of our kids...
working, playing, cooking together...
and making memories to last a lifetime!
A break for fun was needed as this week will be filled with work and preparations
for an "open farm" this coming weekend.
A break for fun was needed as this week will be filled with work and preparations
for an "open farm" this coming weekend.
- A Perfect Summer Weekend
It was a perfect summer weekend...and boy, did we pack a lot into it! Our newlyweds, Tim and Amanda were home for the weekend,so we took a trip to State College (PSU) and attended their Arts Fest.We sat and watched the Bubble Man blow the most enormous...
- Sunday Funday
(I stole the title of today's post from my son and daughter-in-law... it's what they call Sundays at their house, and it seemed fitting!) As predicted, it was a quiet, but lovely weekend on the farm.Aside from a couple of errands run on Saturday,...
- Wild And Wonderful Weekends
To you, reading this blog, it might seem like the everyday routine on the farmis awfully busy.And although you are right, it is busy....there is a sort of rhythm to the work.It is all very quiet, usually calm and completely peaceful tending to daily chores....
- Super Sunday
This past weekend was an "anything but quiet" weekend on the farm.We had lots and lots of visitors. It was Homecoming weekend for Amanda and Tim, who graduated from a local college...so several of their friends came to the farm for a camp-out. The...
- Transition
We rode into the weekend on Summer's coat tails....hot and muggy weather.Then, a monsoon blew through on Saturday afternoon (horizontal sheets of cat and dog rain with gale force winds)helping Summer on her way;and Autumn made his official...