My garden this year has done well. I planted just as many flowers to invite pollinators into the garden and it is working well. I am harvesting tomato's, several varieties of peppers, bush beans, pole beans, jalapeno, and cucumbers. The butternut squash & spaghetti squash are coming along. Herbs in the garden are rosemary, lavender, hyssop, mints, stevia, lemon verbena, mullein, Clary sage, standard cooking sage, chives, oregano and basil. Flowering in the garden are gladiolus, 5 different types of salvia's, tickseed, zinnia's, rose's, lantana, bog sage, echinacea, coreopsis, hydrangea viola's, petunia's and summer snapdragons to name a few. My pear, apple and Chickasaw plum tree's are on the third year and are finally taking off. Lots of Chickasaw plum's this year. I found a wild sand plum tree last week and made plum jelly with the plum's I collected.
The goats are all doing well. Tulip is being weaned and she is not happy about it. Her cries at her normal feeding time are heartbreaking. I do go out and take her for walks, give her hugs, and she has gotten bottles of water to make sure she stays hydrated in this heat. I have five hens that have gone broody. Whew I am going to have lots of baby chicks running around.
Tim and I did get a Dutchwest wood burning stove and hope to have it installed by winter. It will help subsidize our heating and of course if we ever loose power we will be warm in winter.
My friend gave me a 6 week old Toy Poodle as a gift and I have fallen madly in love with him. I have always had large dogs usually 70 pounds or better and it has been so much fun having a tiny dog to keep by my side.
This past week I went to collect eggs and a 4 foot 1 inch rat snake was in the nesting box. It almost caused me to hurt myself.
9 comments:
Sounds like your summer is off to a great start, minus the snake incident. I don't even want to think about what I would do had I met that snake the way that you did. *shivers*
Have a great day!
"..... Herbs in the garden are rosemary, lavender, hyssop, mints, stevia, lemon verbena, mullein, Clary sage, standard cooking sage, chives, oregano and basil. Flowering in the garden are gladiolus, 5 different types of salvia's, tickseed, zinnia's, rose's, lantana, bog sage, echinacea, coreopsis, hydrangea viola's, petunia's and summer snapdragons to name a few. ..."
Wow! How about a few images - this sounds absolutely wonderful! Wish i could grow plants like this!
You are in more of a tropical heat state, like us, we live near the coast in Texas, but our acreage and future farm is nearly two hours North of Houston. So, I am very interested in your winter heat source and stove...How you decide to select the one you did and what do you like about the stove?
We are looking at installing an alternative source of heat and cooking into our cabin architectural plans as well. Since you are also in the South, your needs are probably similar to ours...I welcome any advice.
I enjoy your blog!!
eek! A snake in the nesting box! I guess our lives are never boring.
I am hoping that one of my hens will go broody.
Enjoy your late spring.
~crow
Awe Poor Lil Tulip. You guys are just so mean and onery. ~;> Girl, I know what you mean about finding unexpected 'friends' near your eggs. I have been finding lots of small snakes about because of the drought down here. Please push some rain thoughts our way. We sorely need it as well as our garden.
Have a happy week,
Mal
and I worry about a bad tempered badger.... snakes...yikes!!!
I have just read your post and I am amazed at how hard you must work. You really are an inspiration.
I loved the list of herbs you were growing and second the desire of others to see pictures. Hubby and I rally want a farm but for now we rent land for the herbs and live in an apartment so I love your blog.
Marcy
I'm so glad we just get garter snakes around here! Well, them and the occasional possum or raccoon. Either way, I'm far less likely to wet myself if I see one in the yard.
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