Catching Up 6/29/2020

Gosh can’t believe June is gone already. It’s been a busy couple of weeks. Miss Posie got out again but was easily caught and put back. 

Some tarps blew off in the wind. 

The birds are thirsty 

I think the mystery pumpkin in the garden is a Buttercup squash. 

I’ve been laying cardboard and sawdust down in pathways for mulch. 

The sunflowers have been awesome 

My oldest farmer girl has been visiting and helping me out. 

The girls are down to only about 50% lay now that it’s hot. 

We harvested about 30-40 pounds of potatoes. They’ve all been sold off now. 

But more have been planted for a fall crop. 

I’ve learned how to FaceTime with my grandson 

Really????

Due to Covid-19 Freya missed getting spayed. So kittens any time. 

Teaching farmer girl to use power tools. 

The third time in a week Giotto was outside the fence. 

Mmmm. Yep I think this is the hole.  Even a tell tale tuft of hair. Some boards and screws and it seems to be working. He’s still in24 hours later. 

The broody Silkie hatched out 4 splash chicks. A lot of the eggs looked like the had been viable but had tiny pinholes in them so evaporated. 

Wednesday 6/10/2020

Of course right when I’m trying to make it to Saturday morning market by 7. 

I didn’t have much after delivering to Superior and sod out pretty quick. 

Getting the potato bed ready to replant. How about green beans. 

I switched chick feed and now Tink follows me around in the morning eating it. 

I worked on more chicken tractors and finally got the ast batch of chicks out of the house. 

Scorpion time. 

Propped up the suer low hanging plum tree. 

The pumpkin that ate the garden. 

An odd sunflower 

Took Giotto to the vet for his checkup and rabies shot. No heart worms and no Lyme disease or 2 other tick carried diseases. I haven’t seen a tick here in 30 years so surprise. 

A cute little rat snake checking out mousehoes in a chicken pen. The girls were not happy about it at all. My chickens in Texas would have eaten it. 

Today’s disaster.  A pen of chicks dumped  their water and it was hot. 2 were goners when I found them. One other may not make it. The one I’m soaking in water in the pic was doing pretty good a little later. 

#appreciation

Today I’ve been appreciating that this is the coolest June we’ve had in at least 3 years. (3 years ago the first Saturday in June it was 115°F)

My Crazy Life 6/5/2020

Some smaller chicks escaped their tractor. More than once. 

I had to zip tie the lid switch for the washer back together. 

The biggest chicks need more space. I have the stuff just need more time to build 4 more tractors. 

I was attacked by a mean cock while bent over checking a nest box. Both spurs to the top of my head. That one and another meaner are now fertilizing two new trees.  (Way too many flies and yellow jackets to process right now)

I also planted out oregano and lemon thyme around them. 

My daughter brought me a box of orphaned potatoes to plant. 

The silkies have a new pile of eggs. Don’t know how they’ll do in the heat but they will be broody anyway so might as well let them try. 

The sunflowers are finally blooming

Ian and Posie like garden leftovers 

The giant pumpkin vine is blooming. Some kind of bugs breeding in there. I’m afraid they might be stripped cucumber beetles which transmit a virus to the plants causing them to wilt and die. I’ll try and ID them for sure. 

I dug a five gallon bucket of new potatoes and had to go back and dig more to fill orders. 

I tried to cut off the end of my finger trimming up the garlic. 

I forgot to take pictures but I took 3 ice chests full down to Superior for pickup tomorrow. Did errands, came home and worked until after dark getting ready for the Globe-Miami Farmers Market tomorrow. Still not all done but time to get some sleep. 

#appreciation

Today I appreciated the clouds, the cool breeze and the few sprinkles we got.