In lieu of an actual post...

Not much to report right now, tomatoes are growing, chickens are clucking (but not laying), pumpkin has powdery mildew. I will note however that apparently our little chicken house was the talk of the Reedville baseball practice last week. Apparently we are "some house by Indian Hills actually has chickens right in their backyard."

So, anyway, here are some pictures from McMenanims Edgefield:

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

Our first "predator"

Well, have had our first "predator" yesterday.  It was a small cat who sat on top of the chicken coop and meowed plaintively I think he was saying "pllleasssee…plleeeaseee."  I took a video from my phone and will post it as soon as I can find the micro-sd card reader, which is…somewhere in the house.

We have chickens!

At long last we have chickens!

We put up the welcome sign:

Felix investigates the package

Meet our Araucana, Tonks:

Our Buff Orpington, Luna and our New Hampshire, Ginny:

And our Welsummer, Hermione

Right now they are all pullets but they should be laying soon!

Today's harvest

I can't believe our potatoes and carrots are still producing!!

We still have a couple more weeks to go on the potatoes and carrots and by then the tomatos should be ready.

Yum!

Itty Bitty Carrot Harvest

It's always...interesting the first year. Our fingerling potatos are doing very well, here is the yield from just on plant.

Our carrots...well, I dub this year the "itty bitty carrot" harvest year. Next year I promise we will plant you farther apart and in deeper soil.

If it's August, it must be Fair Season!

We went to the Washington County Fair yesterday and today...

Sweet little sheep


When he's not taunting trolls to their death, this Billy Goat hangs at the fair.


Sooo...hungry


Please Don't Eat Me. (Alas, he was purchased by a meat company, so his fate is sealed)


This is Silver Laced Polish chicken. I am in love with this chicken. Unfortunately although they lay awesome white eggs, it's advised not to keep them with other breeds because they pick on the polish and pluck out it's head feathers.


Pizza Garden!


Corn!



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It's a heat wave

In case anyone hasn't read the news lately, the sun has apparently settled directly over the Pacific Northwest and normally mild, 85-90 degree summers are now a boiling 100-105 degrees with some reports predicting 107 in Portland.

We don't have AC...or I should say we didn't have AC until about 10am this morning when we finally gave in, went to Standard TV and Appliance and offered our first born for a window AC unit.

Fortunately for Max, they refused, preferring instead to empty our bank account.

Whatever, it's not 100 degrees in the house.


In other news, I harvested our pathetic little red onion crop two days ago. Next time I will plant them were the dog can't trample on them.