White Turkey



Sungold Cherry Tomatoes

Ameraucana hen, keeping her eggs warm

Twelve Ameraucana eggs

Hello!It has been quite awhile since I last updated. Last time I posted was right after Dana hurt his knee.So first thing's first: I turned 25 two weeks ago. Hooray! SO now I'm in the Quarter-Century Club. AWESOME. Dana's dad also got married that day, so it was quite a day!As for the farm, we started letting our turkeys free range a bit; they don't go very far, actually, and forage pretty well. They are HUGE now. They climb up on the Jeep every night and are a pain to get down because they're so big!We have been having some issues with our potatoes. Almost all of them have blight, which means we will probably not be having homegrown mashed potatoes this year for Thanksgiving, sadly. We're not sure what caused it. Any farmers out there have any advice? I'd love to know what we can do to prevent it next year (organically, please). Our roommate has the same problem at his other farm.And now for some happy news about our crops and food! We finally ate some cherry tomatoes! They are so delightfully sweet! We also have been eating A LOT of squash, usually in the form of squash casserole, which is delicious! I've also recently learned how to make stew, which is just so yummy and also quite affordable, whether you're growing your own crops or not. I am looking forward to our corn coming in so we can make corn tortillas as I am a HUGE fan of tacos (I love the taco truck that's right down the street from our house so much... nom, nom, nom). We also finally got some broccoli and cauliflower coming in. Our hubbard squash are getting huge, and our melons are beginning to flower. Our golden berries are also flowering and will have fruit very soon, which I'm so excited about because they are awesome!On to our little chickens! Our chickens recently started laying eggs! An Ameraucana or two had laid about three eggs this week and one of our Barred Rocks laid one. This morning, I went to let the chickens out and check for more eggs, and I only counted twenty-seven chickens (there should be twenty-nine). I searched around the field for the missing chickens. I finally looked behind the barn, and there were the missing two. That isn't the big surprise though.... DRUMROLL... I walked a little further into the grass and there was a nest of twelve Ameraucana eggs, warm to the touch. One of our hens is acting like a good mother.So, so adorable! When I lifted her up to take a picture she didn't peck at me or anything, just squawked a bit, and she didn't try to fly out of my arms.I have no idea how long the eggs have been there or how long she has been laying on them. For all I know they're half-way developed, which means I don't know if I want to crack open one and find a half-grown chick (yikes!).So that there is the update on our farm. Now for some more pictures (and even more if you click on the link to the album to the right of this blog entry!)