A very hot Saturday...

I worked most the morning weeding the herb garden and Dude was watering the greenhouse and moving bags of dirt.  He is used to this heat.  I am usually at an office desk so cold I have to turn on my space heater... yes in the summer.  I was dripping buckets of sweat. 

The birds were all trying to cool off as well. The teenage turkeys stayed in the turkey house and didn't want to venture out. 

We welcomed a chicken in the greenhouse to take care of grasshoppers.  I was glad when she left an hour or so later... we might have had fried chicken for dinner. 

The large turkey was cooling in the shade. 

I found most of the chickens in the horse stall partying. 

Mr. Rooster thinks he is stunning. 

Yep, that's the dog's nose sniffing it's way under the stall … ymmm chickens!

I found a turkey egg in the corner. 

This poor girl only went to sit on the eggs when she saw me coming... it is hot out in the full sun. 

After weed and becoming overwhelm by the heat I came in to finish the last hat. 

I could see the horse out in the field with her pet hen. 

I went over to say hello and found another piece of ground hit so hard by the daily hail.  It was pounded!

Prudence and hen came to say hello.  With the hen standing next to her you can see how small our little Southdown Babydoll is. 

Molly, our Suffolk is the same age as Prudence and much larger.  She loves a good rub and scratch. 

I came in and finished the hat . 

Three newborns hats are ready for donation. 

While Dude finished off the angel food cake.

Smile. 

peace 

Wooly Wednesday, What is Dude up to, All Veggie Wednesday Dinner and more!

Wooly Wednesday … I worked on my first wool scene by felting. Hmm not sure if I have totally figured it out yet. 

A little mountain scene.

Hmmm did I over felt it? I will wash it by hand see if it calmed down. ugh

My mom needs newborn caps to go with the layette sets she is making. So, I got to work making hats. 

We are having turkey egg omelets for dinner. They are the speckled eggs. 

My sister gifted me this wee container plant. Seeing her container garden this past weekend inspired me to plant a few containers. 

I hope they do well.  Excited to plant more in small cups. 

Dude has been working in the greenhouse. He says he doesn't have to pay to go to the gym to get a steam room effect. 

A few carrots left and then we will plant again ...yum!

The spring mix continues to take off. The more we trim the more it grows. 

Beets are full of joy and yummy goodness. 

Tomatoes!

Our first year growing celery. Go, go, grow!

Pickles, okay cucs and zucchini beginning to grow after the third time being hailed out! (yes, we only planted this much so we didn't jinx ourselves with more hail - smile)

I picked a few beets for dinner. 

Dude also got started on splitting wood for the winter. I made him stop and come in from the 98* heat. I will help tomorrow... I like doing this. 

Of course, he had help today. 

The guinea hen got off her eggs for a bit. I prayed she was not abandoning them. 

Twenty minutes later she wearily came back to continue sitting on them. Poor thing, I only raised four not 21!  Hopefully they will hatch soon. 

Her family is always close by keeping an eye out for predators. 

Dinner from the garden. We used the whole beet for dinner , tops and all. 

Spinach and onions for the omelets. 

Sautéed beet tops with onions, garlic in olive oil with salt and pepper.  At the end drizzled balsamic vinegar and lemon juice. 

Then we cracked our turkey eggs. They are large and the membrane inside was thick. Turkeys only lay eggs 4 months out of the year and our little visitor is going to town giving us eggs in exchange for free room and board. 

Cooked them up, topped with our spinach plus onions and tomatoes and cheese.

The turkey eggs turned out super fluffy with a mild taste. 

I cooked up a bunch of edamame noodles(they have 24 grams of protein) and topped with the sautéed beet tops - the lemon juice really helped. The beet tops were strong before that. 

Roasted beets with the last of the broccoli and onion. Added olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper. Roast 400* for 25 minutes. 

Dude ate and like everything except the edamame noodles... yay, we didn't grow those. 

I am finishing the hat during tv time(movies from the library), start another  and I did get more fabric cut out today. Yippee for days off work.

peace