The Farm Report 7-12-2018 May We Order a Bucket of Chicken, please?

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May we order a bucket of chicken, please?

My good neighbor, Chris, brought a birthday present - 5 brand new little chicks to replace the lost tribe. Chris brought the new chicks over in an ice cream bucket - not a KFC bucket. It's OK.... Now the 'Two Henriettas' have a new paragraph in their job description: "Mamma Mia!" I think they are warming to the idea.

The bees are 'bearding' which probably means they want to take half the colony and the old queen and fly away to new digs. With this particular hive, I'm just fine with that. This queen lays aggressive feisty bees. Go! And populate the earth - someplace else. On another front, my pride and joy 1952 Henry Ford 8N has been throwing fits and needing hospital attention. And finally, here is Zoey. She always thinks it is safer to keep her frog between herself and the enemy - O.J. the cat.

The 'Michigan State' Carrot project is coming along nicely. The tall grassy stuff is oats. If you look down deep below, you can see the little baby carrots coming up. The oats are the 'nurse' crop. They have done their job, and it is now time for them to exit the stage. Fall carrots! Nothing sweeter. AND, the musk melons are beginning to bloom. These are all male flowers, but they will be there when the girl flowers show up. A lot like real life - the guys are always waiting around for the girls to get ready.... Just sayin'

And a year ago, this is what we saw from the front porch at Oakdale Farm. If you look at the cloud blowing up at the tip of the funnel, what you are really seeing is our neighbors house being blown to powdered bits. Nobody hurt, but WOW! So Carlos, if you're following this from Costa Rica, here is a real tornado, and 'NO' you do not want to experience one!

Weather is hottern' blazes, but as they say, 'There are very few cases of frostbite reported during hay season."

Cheers,

TBI