Yesterday when I opened the barn in the morning, two of the eight turkeys were in the chicken pen.  They must have just flown over the shorter dividing fence.  The chickens all seemed fine so I removed the fencing.  I had worried that the turkeys might pick on the smaller chickens, but it doesn't seem to be a problem.  I'm very pleased they can all get outside easily now.

 

 

 

I harvested my potatoes this morning.  I had planted some red, some white & russet.  Some are quite large and some very small, but all look good!  I didn't get as many as I had hoped for although I'm sure that's my fault.  I did grow them in a wire cage, above ground and quit adding soil and potato starts before I should have.  Things just got busy...oh well:)  We will enjoy eating these & then I'll head down the road to Coad Potatoes and pick up a 100 sack for the winter.  We love our taters!



Now, if I only possessed a cherry pitter.....................

I am so excited about picking these many cherries off of our own trees!  I missed picking the cherries last year, and in 2011 I certainly didn't get this many.  I need to do some research & see if there is anyway to find out what kind these are.  They are tart, that's for sure!  

Black Raspberries should be next.

Cold Frame

Using a glass door left over from The Great Remodeling of 2009 and six straw bales that Dan picked up for me, I constructed my first cold frame.  I have hopes of setting out some containers planted with lettuce & spinach seeds tomorrow.  I also have some plants I started inside that already need to move to the cold frame.  I'm excited to see how it helps us get some things growing earlier this year, so that we eat even more  homegrown food.