4 Feathers Farm

On our own ...

Alex has been in Illinois all week. We survived a huge thunder and wind storm that came through late in the week. Then it's been windy so the baby and I have stayed inside.

Before Alex left, he tilled my garden area. But Tennessee seems to have more rocks than a quarry and I couldn't bear to even start picking them up, so we borrowed a rock rake from our friends at the mule farm. That's what Alex did this morning so we're ready to plant a few things.

The dogs brought up a dead armadillo and Diamond Dog played and rolled in it all week. So I read off a Yahoo group that armadillos carry leprosy so I told Hayes she could poke at the dead critter with a stick all she wanted but to keep hands off.

The frogs are starting to sing and I actually heard turkeys gobbling this morning!

Last week, we found hay rolls and so The Girls have been lurking around eating their fill. Alex built a little fence around our cabin to keep Lisa off the front porch but she's outsmarted us from time to time. Now that she has hay, she's too lazy to come navigate the fence and eat dog and cat food.

Looks like beautiful weather headed our way this week. I'm so ready to get my hands in some dirt!