Well, I suppose it's time for my monthly update, lol. It seems like I update once a month, but I guess it's more like once a week. Anyway, not much has been going on on the homestead. We've been finishing up getting the last of our fall crops in the ground, which has been hard to even think about considering the super hot weather. But, if I wait for the signs of the weather, I'd be too late. So with the blazing heat, we've been out harvesting more of the current crop, as well as trying to make way for the new. I had quite a few fall transplants that just weren't willing to wait another day to get into the ground. They were more than outgrowing their little pots so we went ahead and cleared a bit of room and got 'em in. So we've planted our broccoli and cauliflower,
as well as our leafy greens: collards,
My personal fave as far as greens go...spinach,
And new to us this year, we're trying our hand at growing (and hopefully eating, lol) kale and swiss chard.
We will be interplanting some more carrots and onions and herbs with them as well. It seems like as soon as we get one space cleared, the next crop is going immediately in. So we cleaned up some more area to get in those crops, and we also needed to make quite a bit of space for our wheat to go in. Sooo we decided to call in the experts to help us get the job done. LOL.
We let a couple of the girls out to free range while we got things cleared out, and they were more than happy to come in and grab any crickets, or other bugs that we might have missed, lol. They also do a pretty good job of tilling the land, too. They do enjoy the tomatoes a bit too much, so we had to keep them out of the tomato sections as much as possible. But they didn't mind helping us clear out the rest of the pumpkin patch and other areas that needed "weeding".
But they've been pulling their weight around here lately, (those two ladies lay daily now, we're so blessed to be going into our 2nd week without having to buy eggs!)
so we thought they'd enjoy the time away from the rest of the flock. And I think everyone else enjoyed themselves while the "Head Chicks in Charge" were away as well
I'm a wannabe in every sense of the word. I wanna be good enough to make it to heaven, but Jesus died because I will never be. I wanna be a mom of ten living on a farm in the middle of nowhere, training my girls to honor God & their husbands, by being content, happy homemakers...yet God has seen fit to bless us with the opportunity to help rear for Him two boys (22 and 12), in the middle of suburbia ;) I wanna be a helpmate to my husband in every way possible, yet more often than not, I'm in his way, lol. I wanna be the perfect parent, that raises perfect children, yet I am constantly humbled by the fact that only He is perfect, and I must allow him to lead. I wanna be the ultimate caretaker of my temple, and the pinnacle of health to all around me, yet no amount of healthy eating/exercise keeps me from dropping to my knees often, in need of healing from the Great Physician. I could go on and on about the the things that I am trying to be, but I invite you instead to come and join me as I travel on my path toward virtue... ~Proverbs 31:10-31~
