Coffee anyone ?

[Baymule]

I let the sheep out to graze the yard—-and where are they? Back in their cool barn! Eve just galloped across the yard to the swing set. She ran up under the slide to scratch her back, rocking back and forth. She grabbed a few mouthfuls of grass at a trot, going back to the barn. Haven’t seen a sheep out in the yard in hours. It’s hot, summer is here. Spoiled sheep!

 

[messybun]

Rain today! It was hot and dry this morning and rain this evening. My garden is liking it, but the weeds are loving it! At least I have happy goats. I get to puppy sit for a few days. I love these dogs, so it should be fun, hopefully the rain holds off a few hours on those days though!

 

[Baymule]

Done with Dirty Birdies!

No more Cornish Cross to feed, water and daily move their chicken tractor. Poor little black sex links that I brooded with the Dirty Birdies, I told them that now they don't have to share with their fat cousins any more.

We raised and processed 73 Cornish Cross chickens. Sold 45, got the rest stuffed in the freezer. I had lots of breast bones to simmer for broth, but I sent DH out to the Pig Palace with them. Pigs loves them some chicken! Not a scrap left! I was tired of dadburned chicken! Got 21 quarts of chicken scraps canned for the dogs, plus simmered a big pot for them today.

DONE WITH DIRTY BIRDIES!!!!!

 

[messybun]

Done with Dirty Birdies!

No more Cornish Cross to feed, water and daily move their chicken tractor. Poor little black sex links that I brooded with the Dirty Birdies, I told them that now they don't have to share with their fat cousins any more.

We raised and processed 73 Cornish Cross chickens. Sold 45, got the rest stuffed in the freezer. I had lots of breast bones to simmer for broth, but I sent DH out to the Pig Palace with them. Pigs loves them some chicken! Not a scrap left! I was tired of dadburned chicken! Got 21 quarts of chicken scraps canned for the dogs, plus simmered a big pot for them today.

DONE WITH DIRTY BIRDIES!!!!!

Wow! Congratulations!!! I’m impressed at what you’ve done. Now, time for a nap!

 

[Baymule]

Coffee is ready. I have plum juice to make jam with today. Going to make a batch of elderberry syrup today too, got elderberries in the freezer. Elderberries are blooming, looks like it's going to be a good year for them, we'll pick all we can.

 

[promiseacres]

Great job @Baymule, that's a lot of birds to process.
Need to get chores, then out to do the weeding and clean those rabbit cages. Get those 4H projects done. DD1 had a good 4H HP practice last night.
Tonight is the last Tractor driving practice. And dd2 will get to go again to VBS with some friends.

 

[Mini Horses]

@Baymule our elders are looking very fruitful here, also. So long as we get occasional rain for next couple months. We have blooms and set berries around here. Yesterday I went by my farm patches and was thrilled with quantity! Then other locations are just as full. I actually drank some of my juice last night, iced and diluted. Was good.

Wild blackberry patches are starting to get pickable ripe. will make jelly/jam.

My friend says the fig trees are over full this year, too. My dehydrator is ready. Guess it's a fruit year! Want blueberries...waiting on u-pick nearby...love those.

Sunny and nice today...plus I'm home! Farm work day.

 

[Baymule]

In one of our patches are a lot of small young plants. We plan on digging them up and planting them here on our place.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

your awesome Bay! thank you. going to water the garden in a bit, need to cook breakfast for the kids they waking up finally. going to be a cleaning day and school day. One of Dh's sisters and her kids are stay at his grandparents for the week. the kids are hoping to play with her kids dh thinks tomorrow he be home for that long story but most of his family acts the same. so for now i just get to get things done going to bake blueberry muffins, possible cookies and bread and thinking of making tortillas. i made apple pie last night and the kids arent fans of pie quite yet three of the four tried it and my youngest dd liked it the others prefer cookies. lol oh well.

 

[Baymule]

Coffee and scrambled eggs for breakfast. Also toast with wild plum jam.
This morning we will be working outside, doing more clean up. Still some pine limbs on the ground from a lightning struck tree that we had taken down. It was right at the fence/gate and falling distance to the carport. I got my battery charged on my chainsaw so I can cut them up to manageable lengths. Have some towering pole plants to chop and pile on the burn pile and other assorted stuff. DH will do a little more mowing with push weed eater to knock down the big weeds that the sheep won’t eat.

Neighbor Robert got the tractor yesterday evening to drag pine logs to his sawmill. And he hitched up the bush hog to mow our back pasture! Thanks Robert!

Busy morning. Then the heat will drive us inside around noon. Even the sheep run back in their barn in the heat of the day.