Hi Everyone,
Things have been pretty busy on the farm. Much of
the time battling these *%^#!! raccoons. I went up to the chicken barn two
evenings ago to close things up for the night and surprised a raccoon eating out
of one of the feed bags, In BROAD DAYLIGHT! We have found a product that is
guaranteed to rid ourselves of the varmints. It's totally organic and will not
harm them in any way. It's coyote urine in pellet form. We should have it
today or tomorrow. I can't wait to get it down and see what happens. Once the
raccoons realize that this is coyote territory they will move to a different
area. We unhooked the electric from the fence I moved to the strawberries and
hooked it back on the chicken fence after I saw a raccoon one night in the
chicken yard. So that night the chickens were fine, but the ripe strawberries
were eaten again. It's unbelievable! I hope the coyote pee works. Human pee
didn't.....that's all I'm saying.
Asparagus is still coming, although slowing down a
bit, along with the salad greens and we still have some garlic scapes to cut
before we pull the garlic. We have pulled a couple of garlic plants up and the
garlic bulbs look really good. Vicky is actually making sauce as I write this
using some of the "Music" garlic. We will start pulling some the end of the
week and hang it in the barn to dry a bit before we sell it. We should be good
to go with it by the end of the month. The early blueberries are beginning to
get that blue hue to them. We're hoping they will be ready for picking in
another two weeks. We'll keep you posted.
We have decided to raise some broilers (chickens
for meat) again this year. The first batch will be ready mid-July. Then we
will have some every three or four weeks through the fall.
The 50 new 18 week old egg layers that we just
purchased from Cedar Day Springs Farm in Bel Air are slowly settling in. The
older residents in the coops don't take kindly to the new young ladies moving in
on their territory. However our rooster "Big Red" loves it!
Vicky and Steve
The scapes were delicious in the asparagus omelet!
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