Thursday, June 18, 2009
Our Big Chickens
Our chickens are doing well and it is almost time to butcher them. Our layers are also doing good, although we lost a couple to a predator.
Garden Strawberries
We have had some trouble with our garden. The cabbages were destroyed and the beans were nearly gone also. We had some corn disappearing along with lettuce and beets. We discovered our problem was cutworms, so we began going out after dark and picking them off. The first several nights we found hundreds. Now the population seems to be reducing. We are trying to be diligent so we can get a harvest. One thing that has been doing well are the stawberries. We have been enjoying the ripe berries this past week.
Farm Auction
We had a chance to go to an auction nearby last week. It was very interesting to listen to the auctioneer and ty to keep track of who was bidding. We got some good deals on a few things. We got a pressure canner, some oil lamps, a file cabinet and a few other things.
Andrew with his brothers
Some of the farm equipment
View from the parking area
The old farmhouse
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