Picture Perfect

There is so much going on at the farm this time of year. The grain field we planted is coming along nicely, the chickens are enjoying their free range lifestyle, birds are laying eggs and waiting for them to hatch, and the garden is beginning to produce. What a wonderful time early summer is! Here's some photos of life on our farm over the last few days. Enjoy!

A close up shot of some of the barley that we
planted.  In about 6 weeks it should be ready
to be harvested.

This nest of Bobolink eggs was discovered in one of our
hay fields.  Because of our discovery we will leave this field until
last in hopesthat the eggs will have had time to hatch and the
birds will have fledged.

Last year we planted buckwheat to outpace the
weeds in this years grain field. While we didn't
plant any this year, we have had several
volunteers emerge. They're lovely at this stage.
Once the white flowers turn black they are
ready to be combined.  

This lovely young lettuce is nearly big enough
to eat. It's amazing that the bunnies haven't
found it yet. Last year, only one head of
lettuce survived the bunny invasion. 

An exhausted Allis chills out on the couch. It's a lot of work
barking at every bird and moth that flies across our 100 acres!

While weeding the other evening, M discovered
that the peas are finally just about ready to eat.
The lack of rain means everything is growing
much slower than usual. 

You may not be able to tell because he has no tail feathers,
but this is one of our 2 roosters. He had a run in with Allis.
He escaped with his life, but she sure got a lot of his feathers.

Ever wonder what your oatmeal looks like before
 it's harvested? This is a nice example of oats on the
stalk. Once the stock dries it be harvested 
and fed to the sheep this winter.