Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Who ever said there were "Lazy Days of Summer"?


Beautiful, juicy and scrumptious sour cherries.  

Blueberries ready for picking.  Our U-Pick almost ready.

9 week old Cornish Rock meat chickens.  One hour before "processing".

Automatic tub style chicken plucker.  Sure makes plucking easy!

The next "batch" set out to pasture.  Five more weeks and they will be as large as the ones we just processed.

The life of an old tom cat.  Snowy, resting peacefully on a hot summer's day. At least he knows the "Lazy Days of Summer".
Today's Journey Joys:  Much needed rain, U-Pick invitations almost ready to send, great interest in our fruit, just planted pine berries on raised beds and plastic water-permeable mulch, chess games, cherry cobbler and jelly & farm tour this Sunday!
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