Sunday Walkabout 6-30

Another week has flown by...

            Summer is in full swing here on the hill.

This week seemed to revolve around meat sales.  We picked up the first of the "lambchop crop of '13".  We were able to personally attest to its delicious-ness at the Market.

Then we processed broilers.  Check out my new knife.

 Not many women can say they have a hand-made knife...with their initials on it. Papaw Wally and Miss Eva came to visit us at the Market and brought me this as a gift. Wally fashioned it from an old bandsaw blade and it is SHARP.  Cool, huh?  It's hard to believe that fifteen years ago we only thought of them as some nice older folks that sold ham biscuits at the Market.  Today, my girls count them as part of the family...surrogate grandparents. Thanks, Wally and Eva!

Oh, and the knife...works great for broiler processing!

Next, we moved the broilers from the brooder to the pasture. I've lost track of the batch number...

I think this is #4.

Then, the next batch arrived at the Post Office.  It always astounds me that the chicks hatch, get popped into a box, dispatched in the mail and arrive here in less than 48 hours.

 A little sip of water, some fresh feed and they are off and scurrying around.  You can almost watch them growing.

  

We did a little harvesting...

just a few cabbages...

The first cucumbers...

 

...and my personal favorite....

New potatoes!  We should have potatoes for Market this coming week. (provided the predicted heavy rains don't wash us away)

The lambs seem to appreciate the late week paddock shift.  They were up to their eyeballs in fresh grass.  Quite literally!

       

It's been a beautiful June...after a little rest and relaxation today (and a little unexpected bean picking)...

We'll be ready to tackle July.

Thanks for stopping by...

Happy Sunday!