Working on the garden a little bit more...

The beautiful day like to got past me before I got outside to get some work done. a person has to go in town every once in awhile. But I finally got out and cut some okra. Got some beets seeds sowed. I may be ok there but time will tell.... David plowed on the garden. We want to get garlic planted. Here we almost had so much rain we rotted over the summer and now we haven't had any in a week or so and just about can't get the dirt broke. I have no doubt where I will put the next barn cleaning...

The van decided to tell me the coolant was low when I got ready to head out yesterday morning. I was heading to a appointment so I came back parked the van and took the ole faithful truck. It is funny to see somebodies face when I get out of the dear ole truck dressed pretty decent. One of these days I will get me a new truck...

I have the sweetest little brown angora buck. Originally when we put him to be weaned he would yell for his Mom to talk. Em has been busy so she hasn't been here daily to know what he is up to. She came in the other day and said, Mom, will that goat ever be happy. I told her now he yells for us to come over and scratch him. He strains and it sounds like he is just a dieing. We were afraid at first he would have a attitude but when we got him away from all the little girls he has calmed down and quite a sweetie...

I was very excited to see this morning that the magazine that Tractor supply puts out ea season has put a lady with Angora goats as their front page article. Very nice article.

We are waiting on 2 silkie hens setting on eggs to get finished up. That is the only reason we are glad it hasn't rained. We have the pens ready to move them and chicks inside when they get here. One hen has a young chcik from her last time by her side so they all tend to a couple nest.

I better get back at it. I have to go to French Lick store Thursday so I am trying to do extra to accomidate that day....

A SUMMER SUNDAY AFTERNOON

What a beautiful day! We had to run over to the Mill after lunch. I had made contact with a Fiber Mill over in OH to buy some wool. They loved the old wool machines and had wanted to come take a look at them. They made it out today. The machines need a little more help and everybody learned lots. I took my spinning wheel and sat there and spun with another lady and visited with people as they came up to take a look at the second floor at the Mill...

David and I excused ourselves when they saw the problem with the machines and nothing else could be done. We came on back and got a couple goats sheared. Just got that done and a guy called and wanted to come look at goats. He is real interested. We encouraged him to bring his wife back over and visit. We will bring the goats up to the barn and close them up in a pen. We will set some chairs in the pen and just let the people see if they really conect with the goats...

I just came in from the garden. Jarrod mowed down all the corn stalks etc. David will plow in the next day or 2 so we can get the garlic in hopefully before it rains.

We had a good week around here. Sold one puppy. Still have more to go...Had a busy day at Farmers Market. I have sold out of all my felting kits. I have to get busy putting more of those together. I washed load of wool and need to get another load in soaking tonight. I sent some wool back to OH to be processed. I hope I can get it back in time for The Corydon Fiber show.
www.southernindianafiberarts.com/ It isn't long til then. I have lots to do to get ready.

I found a kitty on the side of the road the other evening when I went to the vet. I brought it home thinking I could give it away and it hasn't worked so it looks like it is nestling in here.

I better get this day rounded up here. Tomorrow will be another busy one.

It's Saturday....

What a busy day...Farmer's Market went well this morning. We had Spaghetti Squash this morning and then we passed out recipes to go with them and the different kinds of peppers... Some ladies that had bought Sweet Annie Anise came by to order their bunches ...Both ladies own Antique shops. I had just noticed this week when mowing it was starting to put on seeds. I smell Fall in the air.

I came home after market and David went to Bloomington. We need to add a dog pen. Probably will just fix both ends of a pen we have and go from there....

Em just text and she is going to work extra and Jarrod has gone to Bloomington w/ Hannah. His one book he needs for school is at Barnes and Noble. They were going to get that and then get me a spinning wheel maintenance kit at Yarns Unlimited.

I came in to cool off after mowing on the tree line. Guess I better get back at it...

DOG DAYS OF SUMMER

BOY IS IT HOT IN INDIANA NOW...We are paying for all the cool days. It was a busy day yesterday keeping everybodies water buckets full. I made sure all the pens had loose salt for heat stress.

I have been out this morning working on the rabbit area. Washing wool. Did a little mowing. I guess here after lunch I will start picking produce for tomorrow at Farmer's Market.

We sold a Border Collie Pup yesterday evening. The guy took a male. He melted right to the guy. That is always good to see.

We put up another 20 or so bales of hay in the barn yesterday evening. The barns are looking nice being full of hay. David thinks we can get one more good cutting of alfalfa. It will have been a good year for hay...

OUT VISITING

We went to friends house last night for supper. They had some fresh chickens to serve fried up. Oh, it was so good. Had a fresh tomato salad, green beans, potatoes & gravy, fresh biscuits. Some more friends came from about 15 miles the other direction. She brought a rice dish. I got some good ideals for some new dishes to have around here...OK, I must confess. I took dessert and cheated. I went to grocery store to buy mine. I spent alot of time out cleaning chicken and goat pen yesterday. Time slipped up on me. While we were at it last night we went ahead and celebrated David's Birthday... We enjoyed eating outside. After dark the sky was good and clear and the stars were easy to see...All the kids had a good time playing.

Much Needed Rain

Em just left out for work. We got lots done in the house this morning. Rain came. The weather guy said we wouldn't get it til after lunch. That was about 5:30 this morning. By 8:30 we could hear it coming...I worked hard on getting the road side tree line mowed yesterday evening. Glad I did now.

We have 4 little Millie De Flour chicks in the house with their Mom. They are so small and sweet. They are about 4 days old now. The first few days they pretty much stayed under her but are coming out more. Maybe I can get a picture soon.

The Shetland - Finn Lamb crosses

I have been out this afternoon in the lamb pen. We do have some nice crosses w/ excellent fleeces. I can't wait for fall shearing.