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08:41, Sunday, July 13, 2008
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Well, it's been interesting to say the least since the last entry! We did get the hay in (thank you Jesus!) and got a riding "ring" set up for the horses and their training. All the garden is planted although I'm not having a great year - I finally harvested the peas yesterday (I'm thinking those vines aren't supposed to be turning yellow). My organic seed potatoes haven't done well, while the potatoes from the store I forgot about in the basement that sprouted and I planted are going gangbusters - go figure. My carrots and lettuce aren't doing well at all - my lettuce was planted in May and is still 1 inch tall???? Never mind the carrots. We did have a great June strawberry month, and I made canned jam, which for some reason didn't set - but then, neither did 2 of my neighbors'. We're thinking it was the weather and the humidity - it's been so wet here this summer! We have been inundated by Japanese beetles in the last couple of weeks and they're eating the leaves off my roses and my baby fruit trees! ARGH! We didn't have them last year at all! We've been blessed with 6 Muscovy ducklings - I wish they'd start eating the beetles - they have a marvelous reputation for bug eating! Finally, in my new crop of laying hens, my Buff Orpingtons, I've been surprised with 3 roosters - egads! I thought those people at the hatchery knew what they were doing?! I guess I'm going to have to kill two of them when they get big enough - they'll not get along well together because of the hens. Sigh. I wasn't planning to learn how to butcher chickens quite this early, but I certainly don't want to deal with a nasty rooster and smaller kids! One of these days if I ever figure how to upload pics right into my blog entry I'll try to post some photos. Have a blessed Sunday!
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