All is quiet around the house at the moment. Everyone is in their beds tucked in for the night. Hubby is in his recliner watching TV. And my grandson, Monkey Boy, 6, is going to sleep in his fort he made in the living room. I would insert photos but I have to figure out how to get them off of my phone onto here or find the site and do it on my phone. It's been a while since I've done this.
What did you have for dinner tonight? I made two quiche. One ham, mushroom, onion, cheese and spinach. The other ham and cheese. It is hard to please everyone. I actually had to use store bought eggs. Our "farm" has dwindled down. The chickens are getting older and not producing as much now.
When these girls are gone I would like to start over and have 12-20 hens. Last year I had over 40 hens plus, roosters, ducks, guineas and turkeys. I have lost quite a few. My daughter's dog, if unsupervised, would kill my chickens. At least a dozen that I know of. Sigh. My dogs have never attacked the chickens. They might chase them for a split second but never hurt any.
Years ago we had a neighbor with a dog. I would hear the chickens scream, run outside and there would be nothing there. I would hop in my car and meet the neighbor half way up the road. He'd hand me my chicken and apologize. The dog never hurt the chicken, just carry it home for his owner to see it.
We have since gotten rid of the goats too. My granddaughter had 7 and my daughter had 4. The hay loft became empty and I the thought of filling the hay loft was not a pleasant thought. They had become a chore to my granddaughter, then 11. She wasn't home schooled any longer and she had friends and other interest so they weren't getting the attention they deserved. I called a guy, he came to get the boys and ended up taking all ours. Couple days later he came and got my daughter's 4 also.
So no more goats! I do miss them at times but I think it's better for us at this time. We are so busy.
My daughter has 3 horses here. They came with her when she, her boyfriend and two children moved in with us. A year ago now. So did 3 dogs. So in our home we have 3 horses, 6 dogs, 2 parakeets and a handful of chickens, 2 turkey, 4 guinea hens and like 6 ducks. I even found a home for our one fish! lol
It's raining out...again! Here in New England we have had such a wet cool summer. My lower garden, the dryer garden, flooded at least a foot above ground 2 or 3 times this summer. That turned out to be a dud of a garden.
The upper garden, at the barn, ended up being so wet and muddy that I couldn't walk in it never mind plant anything in it. Ok, I tried planting 4 plants in there and all 4 washed away. Completely disappeared. So I had to go to my FB community page and ask for containers. Boy did they come through! Most of my plants are in containers this year up on pallets or boards or whatever I can find. The plants still look awful for the most part.
This is what my lower garden looked like after one of the rains we had. This happened 2 or 3 times this summer. Hubby wants me to get down there and pick the few potato plants that are down there. He grabbed a handful today. He says he sees an eggplant and maybe a summer squash but that's all that has made it. The corn is about 2 feet tall with tassels! Ya, no corn this year either. Very disappointing year again.
Today I picked cucumbers, green beans, 2 cabbage, an eggplant and a couple green peppers. The cabbage worms devoured a lot of my plants in the greenhouse so I picked those dead plants today. It is very hard to get down to the greenhouse when I have my 2 year old granddaughter tagging along. I love gardening. The quietness. Watching things grow. I even enjoy the weeding....when I can get down there.
Once again, not a very productive produce year. I hope you are having better luck.
I am going to get off here for now. I am going to play around and figure out how to get photos on here. I love taking photos!
Good night.
God bless!
