Boy, things are really busy around here!  I have so much going on.

Treating both milking does for mastitis, which involves injections twice a day, and up until this morning, intramammary infusion.  I hate it that it hurts the girls, but hopefully it will get them both on the road to healthiness and we'll be able to have sweet milk from both by next Friday.

The garden is very bountiful.  Right now, the peas and turnips just finished up.  I also pulled all the beets.  That allows a little more space for fall plantings, so it's right on time.  :)  I also have lettuce that has continued to bear well, even though it was only one planting.  The spinach is finished, but I let it go to seed, so I should harvest some of that soon for fall planting.  The chard is big and beautiful.  T and I weeded the chard and the lettuce yesterday, and they sure look great.  Today, we need to clear out the pea and turnip patches that I sprayed Round-up on yesterday.  That will get them ready to plant either tomorrow or the next day.  I also have another area that needs planted, and I'm going to put in some Kandy Korn in it.  I know it's a little late, but I'm thinking that some fresh corn on the cob for the baby's birthday would be great. 

The boys need to muck the chickens out (again!), and I'm going to use it to expand my garden, hopefully in a weed-free manner.  I'm going to put down 2-3 layers of newsprint, then put the chicken muck over that.  By next spring, it will be nice and composted down, ready to plant.  I bought some artichoke seeds the other day, and I think I'll keep them for next spring, where I can put them in the expanded bed.  I'm trying to follow John Seymour's idea of 6 beds in your garden.  2 are permanent - one is for rhubarb, artichokes, and asparagus, the other for fruits.  The other 4 are rotated - legumes, roots, brassicas, and miscellaneous.  It seems like a really good idea, especially because it rotates everything out in 4 year cycles, so diseases are not as able to affect your plants.

Well, enough of that.  I need to get out into the garden while the weather is nice!!