Michigan

[Lil_Miss_Farmer_Chick]

michickenwrangler,
I was so sorry to hear about what happened with your goats. I wanted to offer to house them for you but we are not set up yet. I think we will just get done on time to get ours. I think what was done was a shame, hopefully karma will return 3 fold on her.

We love the Cherry Street market also, they have a great supply of fruits, veggies and beautiful plants. They keep the costs low so it's affordable for everyone.

My son went to the Leelanau Outdoor Center and my daughter just left yesterday to attend till Friday. Let's see if she brings any mushrooms home with her.

If your ever pass this way, stop by. We don't have much visitors out here, so some company would be wonderful.

What animals do you have in your yard?

 

[michickenwrangler]

In the yard, just the chickens.

We board the horse at a stable about 10 miles north of here.

Maybe we'll plan a trip out that way in June, after school lets out. Any days good for you?

Want some Easter Eggers? DH wants me to thin down the flock a bit.

 

[Lil_Miss_Farmer_Chick]

LOL, I have more than I can handle until freezer camp in September. I have 2 EE's that we just love, love, love, but we have 44 total and I think we are pushing their space requirements a bit. Now come September, that's another story. I don't know about where you are at, but here if you put an ad on CL, the calls start immediately, and you have to turn people away.

We are going to visit family in June from the 2nd - 9th, but after that we will be home the rest of the month. With all the critters, I don't see any time away from the house for quite sometime.

Let me know when you head up this way and we're good to go.

We have 2 dogs (I'm in the process of retraining them), 7 cats, 1 harliquin bunny (sp?), 1 lonely hermit crab (all his friends died this year), and our fabulous 44 chickens (silkies, EE's, buff orps, barred rocks, D'uccles, and frizzles, we have about 90% roosters, arrrgghh.) We have one set of chicks that are 5 weeks of age and the others are 6 weeks. I can't wait to add the kinders to the mix, my neighbors love me already for sure.

 

[michickenwrangler]

One of my co-workers (the beef lady ... I'm the egg lady) took them.

Maybe mid-June or early July I'll pop up there. Again, I really want to go to the market. I guess I'll have to wait until you get your Kinders so we can check them out too

Hot day! DH is barbecuing dinner (steak and burgers) and we're having pasta salad and sweet corn.

BTW, we live between Standish and West Branch on the Rifle River (the one you can't swear on) so Kalkaska is an easy 2 hr drive. It would be less but there is no direct route and going through Houghton Lake is a pain so we'd probably go through Grayling

BTW, any fire by you or are you safe?

 

[Lil_Miss_Farmer_Chick]

The fire was over by camp grayling, thankfully about 25mins. away. We could see the huge smoke cloud it made though.

Houghton lake is a pain, but I like to go that way once in a while to shop at a different walmart. I agree that going through grayling is prob. the quickest.

I was over at cherry street 2 weeks ago and they had the most beautiful rose bushes. I didn't dare buy, I seem to have a black thumb when it comes to roses.

We pick up the Kinders next weekend. Whoot! We have so much to accomplish this weekend, I better break out the wheaties so I can keep up.

I'm off to mow and weedwack.

 

[Riverdale]

We got about 7 of them growing near our garage, enough for DH to fry them up for a side dish.

Anyone started their garden yet?

Y

We square foot garden. The first radishes are ready, with flowers on our peas. The lettuce and spinach is ready to cut, too.
We'll have to replant our pole beans, as the last frost (about a week ago) got them *sad*. Did not get them covered up.

We are in Gratiot county (almost in Montcalm Co). Right in the middle of the mitten.

Roger

 

[michickenwrangler]

DH found 5 more morels.

With all this hot weather we've been grilling every night.

Garden is mostly planted, just need to plant green beans (I forgot to get seeds!!!)

I'm looking forward to Memorial Day weekend. I have an endurance ride near Escanaba and this is the first year that the weather will be above 60 degrees!

When I went in 2008, it was only in the 40s. When I went in 2001, it snowed!

 

[Lil_Miss_Farmer_Chick]

I have a feeling I won't get my garden put in this year. We have so many projects going for the goats and chicks, my garden project keeps getting bumped. I wanted raised plant beds this year. I did start veggies in the house, but they took off to quick so I had to gift them to my neighbor who had already tilled her garden. I have tons of weeds growing and I need to attack them.

I love fresh veggies so hopefully I can get movin' and get mine planted.

It just dawned on my after reading your post that we will be picking up the goats on the worst possible weekend. The traffic will be a bear. I think we will be driving a lot at night so hopefully it won't be too bad.

Good luck on your endurance ride, Yikes! snow in May/June, only in MI. LOL

 

[michickenwrangler]

Well, it is da U.P.

It looks like we're actually going to have a real summer this year. The last two were so cold.

Aren't you going south to get your goats? Maybe you'll luck out and go opposite of traffic. I went to a horse show a few years back that was outside of Lansing on Labor Day and I went south on Friday and north on Sunday, so it wasn't bad.

This weekend, I'm leaving early Sat. morning to give Izzie a chance to relax Sat. afternoon. Competing Sunday morning and coming back Sunday night, giving her a few days off after.

Thanks, Farmer Chick

Have fun "getting your goats"

 

[Lil_Miss_Farmer_Chick]

Weather looks great for this weekend, we'll have lots to catch up on when you visit.

Have a great time!