As I’ve mentioned many times in other blog posts….time gets away from me when spring and summer get here. So, here I am, months since my last post, giving an update.
Spring was a whirlwind of activity as usual, with needing to pull weeds from the garden, planting the garden, kittens being born, ducklings hatching, getting meat chickens, getting turkeys, putting up a new area in the yard for the turkeys…It was a productive spring.
And with the start of summer, God has definitely blessed the homestead. The garden is doing so well this year…with the exception of my corn. It was “knee high by 4th of July”…but I think the corn thought that was all it was supposed to do, because it hasn’t grown much more, and is already tasseling! It’s looking promising for a good green bean crop, unlike last year! My tomatoes are looking pretty good this year too, with the exception of my cherry tomato plant. It is literally 5” tall and has produced 3 cherry tomatoes. What am I supposed to do with that?! lol All in all, we are truly blessed.
The last three weekends have been a bit taxing with all the butchering of the meat chickens. We decided it was best to break it up into three weekends, rather than trying to do all 46 in one weekend, which did prove to be beneficial. We are thankful for the chickens and how big they got, and that they provided us with meat and broth for the rest of the year. And truth be told, it’s nice to have the butchering and canning done, so that I can reclaim that section of yard, allow it to regrow, and ease up on the feed budget. We get a nice break from butchering, until its time to butcher the geese and the turkeys.
As summer continues, we harvest what we can out of the garden (lettuce, a couple zucchini, and herbs mostly), and will wait until more produce is ready to be picked. With some of the herbs and plants I’ve been able to collect so far, I have used some in making tinctures, some for making teas, and others for drying out to use in cooking throughout the year.
Hope everyone is having a blessed summer so far!
Until next time, take care and God bless!