Monthly Archives: June 2014

First tomatoes!

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Kathy

I found the first ripe tomatoes tonight! Lots more to follow, hopefully; the plants look good.

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Cattle in the rain

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Kathy

Thank God, the rain finally hit us! (The last three huge lines of storms drenched everyone around us, but missed us by mere miles.) They have a barn to go into, and they usually hide in there for the hottest … Continue reading →

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The first cows

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Kathy

Over the weekend, we rented a trailer and picked up two pairs of cows from two different farms. One steer (destined for the freezer) and a heifer (she’ll be a cow once she has a baby, we named her Brigid) … Continue reading →

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The boys are WAY outnumbered…

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Kathy

… because the bees have arrived! A thriving hive will have tens of thousands of bees, only a dozen or so who will be males (drones). The queen and all the workers are female. We came, we smoked them, we … Continue reading →

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