Farm Pics

Here are a few pictures I took tonight right before chores.

Here are my beloved Red Bourbon turkeys. I started out with twelve this spring, but 12-3=9. The local hawks claimed three about a month ago. I was spittin' mad.

Something new I learned this summer: we have lots of wild yarrow growing around the ol' homestead. Now I won't have to buy it. Yarrow is an immune system booster, and sometimes I use it to make a tincture. The yarrow flowers look a lot like queen anne's lace, but yarrow leaves are more fern-like.

Here's "Buttercup". Notice she has the neck of a linebacker. Right after she was born, I was able to pick her up to move her. Not no mo'. She's huge. I think we should call her "Patty" (...as in...Hamburger Patty).

I finally set up a trellis for my pole beans. I like to grow pole beans. It's fun growing vertically. Nice change of pace. Behind the beans are some tomatoes. Both beans and tomatoes I didn't get out until mid-June, which is late. A lot of gardeners around here already have beans and tomatoes ready to eat. It will take mine several more weeks, I think. But I do have garlic, which I'll be digging up probably in the next week.

This is a picture of one of our "natural" ducklings. We have two. They are the first birds we have been able to breed ourselves without having to go through a hatchery. Cool. Except we decided this spring not to "do" ducks anymore. Not sure when we'll get rid of the ducks, but it's still fun having ducklings nonetheless.

Thanks for stopping by to visit. Blessings!

Hymn of the Month

In the Sweet By and By
Sanford F. Bennett
Joseph P. Webster

1 There's a land that is fairer than day,
And by faith we can see it afar,
For the Father waits over the way
To prepare us a dwelling place there.

Chorus:
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore;
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore.

2 We shall sing on that beautiful shore
The melodious songs of the blest;
And our spirits shall sorrow no more -
Not a sigh for the blessing of rest.

3 To our bountiful Father above
We will offer our tribute of praise,
For the glorious gift of His love
And the blessings that hallow our days.