Fall Plants

 

cliflower

cabbage

broccoli

Just In A Week This Can Happen

 

The first picked radish!

Finally getting pole beans on!

This little red ball of goodness is peeking out almost ready to pick.

Those silly squirrels are at it again.

a male blossom

a female blossom

And more pole beans!

Watermelon # 14 just hanging around waiting to grow.

And then this happened.  I caught all three dogs IN the melon patch.  When Imogene say me she high-tailed it back under the fence and into the house.  Gladys came when I called her once she knew she was in deep trouble then she played dead.  Ollie was clueless and continued to stand in the middle of the watermelons and bark.

Our cantaloupe has lost its hair and is getting tougher skin.

And then there was this.  I heard Ollie just making a ruckus and couldn't figure out what was wrong.  I found him stuck in the newly planted raised bed.  Somehow he had gotten in the bed but then couldn't get back out.

I did a little reading about pumpkin vines and when you should cut them.  We had some kind of powdery mildew all over the leaves.  So I just hacked them all off.

This was the end result.

Seeds Are Gong In, Phase Two

They have talked and talked about what to put in the newest raised bed.  So here ya go...the seeds have arrived.

Planting the carrot seeds in sand like he saw on...you guessed it...a YoutTube video.

Murph the master seed sewer...on so many different levels.

I made ghetto plant markers with my new laminator!!

All lined up and ready to grow.

No, Murph isn't praying over them...but I bet secretly he does (so do I) they are putting up the dog fence.

Seeds Going In

This is how they look at the end of the day.  Tomorrow I think we have enough seeds to fill the bed.

such sweetness

This is what we think might be an acorn squash that happened into the dirt.  We never had any acorn squash seeds.

Extra Special Visitor

Murph's mom, Shirley, came to meet the boys and see the garden.

We found out that she likes black licorice as much as the goats do.

What a sweetheart.  So kind.  We would love for her to come back and spend some time telling stories under the oak tree when the weather cools off a bit.  Thanks for sharing your mom Murph.

Oh, did I mention that she is 97 years old!

Happy Fourth From Boogie

They loved their watermelon treat from Murph...even the sticker.

Yea!

I am overjoyed to see this!  I hope more people now decided to get into backyard Chicken Farming.  We had a blast with our girls.  If only I could talk ChickiePa into getting more.  But I am afraid that that ship has sailed.

Sunnin'

The Boys Say Hello

For the ladies of Wyngate!

They love the lazy days when the sun is out.  They love a good tan!

A short story about Binker...David Kalonick found him in downtown Cincinnati some 9 years ago.  This rabbit just keeps on kicking!

We Are Selling The Red Coop

All our girls are gone. And I'm sad to say that we are no longer going to be chicken farmers.  I'm sad about it because the girls were such fun. Their eggs were beautiful. But Mark is ready to move on.  So we are selling everything we can find in the barn and that is chicken related.

There is a metal waterer that is used in the winter because it can be put on the two electric heaters (those two metal circles on the right).  There is at least one plastic waterer for the summer.  A feeding tube we made that fits in one corner of the run.  Two heat lamps for when your chicks are small and you need to keep them warm.  There are two wooden roosts that can be put in the run for rainy days.  A chicken swing!  An almost full bag of wood shavings for bedding when the chicks are little.

A ladder leading to the four nesting boxes.  The opening goes into the roost.

Easy access to the nesting boxes.

The door for easy clean-up from under the roost.

The side door into the roost.

The side door into the run.

The run.  And an added bonus.  A preditor protector.  It is a solar flashing red light that is supposed to keep predators away at night,

I also have a few chicken books in the library to help you get on your way. Along with 13 paper egg cartons and an egg skelter.

FOR SALE   $800