Today was productive and busy, even though the rain fell until noon and continued to threaten us with more until this evening.
The dark clouds hung around while the tiny bit of blue sky tried so hard to break through.
The apple blossoms are going strong,the Pippins are in full bloom as the McIntosh and Ben Davis are just starting with the pink blossoms.
The honeysuckle's are getting ready to burst with color and love for the bees and hummingbirds who adore the taste.
I worked in the garden while the soil was moist and planted my cabbage,red and green, along with some broccoli. Tomorrow I will fill in with sage and plant the rest of the broccoli and cauliflower.
Mulch will need to be added to this garden and the strawberries that were planted the other day. I have decided to mulch all but my main garden section, seen in the back, as mulch holds in the much needed moisture in my sandy loam soil and keeps weeds back.
I had my Barred Cochin hen, who was hatched April 30th last year, hatch her own chicks tonight,it was to dark to get a decent picture but they are sooo adorable!
They are just a barn yard mix.
The horses have been enjoying pasture and spent their first full day out there.
It was time to move the cattle to a new fence,the oak field had been eaten down and they needed to be rotated to keep up with our plans of pasture management.
It was getting near dark and I hated to move them with only two hours of light but it was the only time hubby had that he could help before Sunday, so off they went...
A few went through the fence in one section but we got them all back to the right side and I think the electric shock taught them that touching the fence is not a good thing.
Soon all they cared about was the lush buffet of pasture before them.
Even Foxy was interested..
