Yesterday Vince dug up three rows in the garden so he can get that area ready for me to plant purple hull peas. He dug up the lettuce row as the lettuce had mostly bolted but there was only about half a row there. He dug up the chard which had also bolted in the heat and he dug up what was left of the carrots from the first planting.
Vince in the Garden
We gave some of the leftover plants to the chickens. They loved the two rainbow chard that somehow the grasshoppers had missed last fall. The chickens stripped it clean.
Rainbow Chard
This is the pile we saved for them to have this morning. They’ll be so excited to have a huge mound of chard.
Pile of Chard
They probably all had belly aches last night from all the greens they ate yesterday. I’ll be anxious to see if their egg yolks are brighter or bigger.
The best part of the day — every evening we sit out on the porch almost til dark.
Chilling on the Porch
We enjoy the hummingbirds, usually get a visit from a couple of rabbits, which Vince thinks are the two babies that we found in the flower bed during the winter, the cows come by from time to time, every now and then a turkey ventures out from the woods, and the deer must be getting over their trauma from hunting season because we’re seeing them again.
Life is good!
Yes, I had my shower already and that’s my knee with my crazy pajama pants on.
Kathleen says
Seems like we haven’t seen pictures of Addie in a long time. How and what is she doing these days?
Rhonda says
Sitting out on the porch, as you say, is so peaceful and watching all the critters come to visit is a treat. I haven’t seen any hummers this year….strange. I guess the ants are drinking all my hummer juice…..LOL
Cathy says
Nice to see Vince still has green T-shirts.
AngieG9 says
Let me know if the chickens give green eggs after eating all of that chard. Now I have the old Dr. Suess book “Green Eggs and Ham” in my brain for the rest of my day.
Julie in WA says
Do you have mosquitos in the evening?
Linda Steller says
AH! Now that’s the life. Sitting on the porch enjoying the scenery and the critters with no cars, sirens, transients, thumping speakers playing rap music, etc. What heaven.