Week of Firsts

First thing I want to do today is chant "rain rain go away, come again another day"...say maybe in the sweltering heat of August! We need to get into the fields! The worst thing you can do is try to work the soil wet, or harvest when things are soaked. Rain is forecast for us again tomorrow!

First thing I did yesterday was find out where my Bantam hen goes as soon as she eats and preens a bit. I found her (with the help of binoculars) up under an old tree that had fallen on the property, way back inside an area on the ground, where the dirt had eroded to the point of fitting her body perfectly. Either that or she scratched out a place for herself, which is most likely. She is setting on eggs, so before you know it we will have bantam babies, unless a critter gets them. She is a pretty hen and I've heard that the Bantam breed are good mothers.

On the way to feed the chickens yesterday, I spotted my first snake of the season. Spring is truly here! I actually reached down to pick up something from the ground and where the grass was a bit high, I saw something about 3 inches long, that looked like a narrow piece of tire rubber. Then the light went on---it was a black snake. It was ushered back into the trees and left to roam.

We heard yesterday that our two grandsons that live near Huntsville Alabama both made AAU basketball teams for the first time. This was their first try and they are excited-they won't be the least bit bored this summer. They will have two worn out parents though.

We ran out of seedling trays for the first time ever, and hopefully our trays that we ordered will be in today, so we can sow more seeds. Our CSA has grown by leaps and bounds for the summer season, and we are staying quite busy around here.

Every now and then the sun peeks through the clouds, and makes me yearn for sunny days. I will leave you with a favorite quote of mine...
"For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, For love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends." ~~Ralph Waldo Emerson