Just glancing at our blog, I realized that it's been almost a month since I posted last. Total craziness! Things here at the farm have went from hurry up and grow to hurry up and keep up with me in a few short weeks time. And while I always think that spring is the time for flowers around here, I'm beginning to think that summer is just as blooming. Warning if flowers aren't your thing . . . you may want to skip this post because its loaded with them.
We started picking and canning green beans this week, 12 quarts canned, and a pressure cooker full eaten. And don't they look so lovely on the plant:
Scarlett O'Hara morning glories (no, I'm not kidding that is their real name). While the seed package promised a bright magenta color, they turned out to be a lovely indigo with purple veining. Though we should have planted them in a patch by themselves, they daily threaten to take over the snapdragons and 4 o'clocks.
Other things blooming in profusion:
And there are others too, but I'm lacking the patience to upload them all.
And lastly, a chance to get up close and personal with our meat chickens . . .
As you can see, they are growing quite well, and are no longer cute and fluffy. Especially since I've been bitten, not just pecked, by them twice in the past couple of days when I've been putting them away for the night. They are to the point where my interest in them has moved from pet-type animals to caring for livestock to ensure quality and quantity of meat come butchering day.
