What a Weekend!

We had a long weekend, yes we did!

And it passed by so very quickly.

Around here, when time passes by quickly, it is because it was chocked full of activity!

And this weekend was no exception.

I'll give you just the highlights, otherwise you'll be here visiting me for half the day.

Added to the usual farm chores, there was a little gooseberry picking...

(and another pie baked..."sour pie" as Hubbs calls it.)

We harvested all of the rest of the broccoli

and gave the stalks to the chickens (one of their favorites).

They had the stalks stripped of all the leaves in a matter of minutes.

We planted Romanesco cauliflower (Christmas tree cauliflower) in its place.

We have found that planting marigolds in amongst these veggies 

truly makes a difference in pest control.

Our garden boxes with marigolds have remarkably less insect damage.

We took delivery of a "surplus" rooster, a silkie, that someone did not want.

Meet Elton John...

A visit from Tyler and his Mommy was Sunday's highlight.

We took a pony ride...

a gator ride through the woods...

We visited with the piggies...

and gathered eggs....

Later in the afternoon we harvested honey

(the subject of tomorrow's post).

A severe thunderstorm on Sunday evening left us with a bit of damage

and a lot of additional clean up work.

A choke cherry tree ended up crashing down on the pasture fence between the horses and the pigs.

This week we'll have to do a bit of chain saw work

and rebuild a portion of the fence.

On Memorial Day we took a few hours away from the farm to kayak on our favorite river.

We did a beautiful six mile stretch on the Juniata River.

It was a wonderful weekend with a few of our kids...

working, playing, cooking together...

and making memories to last a lifetime!

A break for fun was needed  as this week will be filled with work and preparations
for an "open farm" this coming weekend.