Week #4

Okay, so I totally skipped week 3. 
Anyways, this week's offerings include kohlrabi and cucumbers.
The garlic was harvested so garlic powder should soon show up in the weekly shares.

We had a nice surprise this week.  Edyth blessed us with-Emily.

Have a great week.  Enjoy the summer-it's fleeting.

Morning Update

They predicted frost last night and they were right. I went out to check on my tender plants and here's what I found. This is a tomato plant that wasn't covered.

It didn't make it. So I pulled back the tarps on the rest of the tomatoes and this is what I found. They made it!

My main garden is in an area that is more prone to frost, so when I pulled back the tarp on the pumpkins, this is what I found.

You win some, you lose some. I still had frost in the front yard at 9:30 this morning.

I don't think I've shown you my new chickens. Well, I've had them for about four months. They're cream brabanters,

which took me two years to finally find. Here's a couple of pictures of my turkeys. I'm saving the breeding pair, the rest will be butchered in a month and a half. They're Red Bourbons. I think I'd like to try Royal Palms next.

Yep, there are ducks in there, too. I picked up two sheep this week. They're both wethers and very affectionate. They're for fiber and for company for my Angora goat. They were raised in a petting zoo, so you can imagine how affectionate. I cannot think of names for these two. I've asked friends and family and no one has been able to come up with names. Here's a couple, not very good, pictures of them.

That's the update from our place. Enjoy this wonderful fall weather. Have a blessed day. Glory Farm

Sept. 10

It's definitely nasty out there. Rain and wind and cold. Weather man says that we could have frost this week. So, I'm trying to find enough covers to keep my garden for just a little while longer. The pumpkins are turning orange and the tomatoes are turning red. Today it's off to the dentist and then a road trip to pick up a couple of sheep. Not sure of the breed, but the price is right, free. I really don't like shearing sheep, takes me way too long to do one. My honey doesn't like it either, but he's a lot faster than I am. I really do like the fiber to mix with my mohair and angora. I'll get pictures and post of the new members of the farm. Be a blessing. Glory Farm

Good bye Mercy

I have had my sheep and my daughter's dairy goats for sale for 4 months now.  I had accepted that they probably wouldn't sell before next spring and then I got the email.  Someone wants to buy my sheep and the goats.  It's kind of a sad thing.  Those sheep are my friends and I'm having mixed feelings about this.  We have so much work around here and I know that this is the easy season for keeping sheep and goats.  Next spring I'll be complaining about having to shear, medicate, trim feet, etc.  A lot to do with the size garden I put in and all the calving and other stuff.  So, honey thinks this is a good idea.
So before she moves on, I'd like you to meet my friend Mercy.

She is dear to me and has the most wonderful fiber.  I saved her from being butchered and perhaps that's why she is so friendly towards me.  I sing to her...."Mercy came running, like a prisoner set free..."  She's so kind, she doesn't even comment on my singing ability.  As farmers, we're not supposed to get so attached to our critters, are we?  I guess we all have those special ones that stay in our memories.