Another masterpiece necklace that Cortney custom made for a friend's wife.
I think it is the most beautiful one she's made thus far, she just keeps getting better and better.
She is very talented at picking the colors, shapes of beads and designing them.
Here is a close up, the wire wrapping takes practice, so she's still in the beginning stages with that but is really improving.
Updated photos of the garden, at least now you can see some of the plants above the furrows*wink*, we're making progress now! Of course the weeds and keeping them in check is a full time job in and of itself.
The corn is Painted Mountain and only takes 58 days to complete the growth and produce beautiful ears of colorful corn. It's always fun the shuck them back to see the wonderful color designs God put together. Beyond the corn is the salad items; turnips( for turnips but green as well), spinach( New Zealand), lettuce, kale and swiss chard, mustard. Then two rows that are currently empty( possibly one will be planted with parsnips) and the other used as a multi crop continuing grow row*wink* and finally Cortney's Cinderella pumpkins.
The corn goes across the entire width of the garden 80ft, then two rows of bush beans( Bocchocia), zucchini, one row of Kentucky Wonder pole beans, and closest to the hoop house, cucumbers( Delicatessie).
The potatoes( Caribe and Russet) already in bloom, they enjoyed the cool wet Spring and in the middle are parsnip going to seed for collection of new seed stock.
The inside of the hoop house is now complete, planted on the right side are sweet peppers( near) and hot peppers( far) with rosemary, bee balm, root beer hyssop and okra interplanted with the peppers. In the middle are the tomatoes( obviously*wink*) with Basil and cantaloupe inter planted and down the left side are two eggplants, more peppers( sweet banana), Thyme, Lemon Basil and more Okra inter planted among the late tomato plants( farthest down the bed). The pots are all tomato plants too.
Looking from the opposite end, you'll see the bench still hold tomato plants, cabbage, asparagus and our planter of early lettuce mix. I ended up with 25-30 plants leftover after planting our 50 plants and could not find a taker for them, so may plant the best ones in pots and compost the rest.
The poppies are beautiful this year and grew so tall. :o)
Our Yarrow is flowering and some of the plants blooms this year are pink, while the others are white, Hummmm anyway it's very pretty. We have already made one cutting of Chamomile and now have Yarrow, Greet Oregano, Dill and Borage ready for harvesting too.
The pink tea rose and those purple flowers( not sure of their name) were the ONLY flowers here, all the other beds and flowers we've added over the last 7 yrs. I usually kill roses, but these are doing quite well, in fact I transplanted two runner plants last summer to our front door sidewalk beds and both have blooms as well, YEAH!!!!
The Mama hen with 7 chicks is about to move back into the main coop with her brood. You can see the netting around their pen, because they aren't satisfied to stay in and keep flying out. They are getting on my nerves because I don't have time to play ring around the brooder coop with them*Grrrr....*
She is two solid white, three black, one black and white and another one that is a through and through MUTT!, but looks to be a very interesting bird and I think it's a little roo*wink*
Not a whole lot new here, except that we now think the Addy is NOT pregnant, but she also has NOT been in heat so we're stumped. I think a visit to the vet, just to be 100% is in order and them if she truly isn't she'll be enroute to the butcher. As much as I hate to do this we simply can't afford to put anymore $$, time or energy into her, it's time to cut our losses and pray we can get her heifer bred for a calf next year. By then we'll have forgotten how to milk, how to make butter, cheese and what real milk tastes like*wink* I don't know maybe dairy cows are NOT our thing, as we've sure had a run of bad luck with them. I'm thinking if we simply raise beef and we'll have the option of milking Button if we so desire and call it good*sigh* Oh! well on the bright side we've been out of ground beef for several months so the added beef is a blessing, it's just all the time I spent working with her and getting her into the stanchion and being able to milk her that hurts a bit.
Well, I'm off to weed whack and move waters in the garden and yard. Mike is constructing two chicken tractors for us, so we'll be better set up for chicks and poults next go around and Cortney is working on odds and ends projects and getting VERY excited about her trip with my Dad to AZ to see my Grandma for her 95th Birthday. It's turned into a sort of family reunion and birthday celebration. She'll leave early on July 1st and return on the 4th. That leaves me with all the chores, garden and whatnot, I think when she gets back I'm taking a vacation*wink*
Blessings for your weekend :o)
6 comments:
I hope everything turns out with your cow. I know how frustrating that can be. Your garden looks like a masterpiece. You can come on down and do mine if ya want. lol. Cortneys necklas looks really good. I like the way the wire is on the main piece. She is really getting good.
Hi Kelle,
Your gardens are much farther along than ours. And we were drenched again today! Our son Peter doesn't know when to bring the cows into the barn or when to leave them out -- there's been so many severe thunderstorms lately.
I feel for you with the cow. We went through a lot -- and are still going through things -- with our Jersey. It's all worth it, but they sure can cause a lot of work and anxiety.
We'll be taking on all the older 2 boys' chores in a week as well; they are going to an
Appleseed bootcamp a little over an hour away from here. Our milker really needs a break, and we're glad to do it for him. Now to get the cow to cooperate with someone new!
The gardens look great! And I love the necklace too. Great post.
What a lovely necklace! And flowers and chickens too! Good luck with the cow. Critters can be downright befuddling at times can`t they?
SFG,
I've been praying for a month now and I think for whatever reason she isn't pregnant*sigh* It's hard because ALL of us thought we felt movement and her udder dropped and looks as if it's beginning to fill but there simply is no way she could be bred to calve this late, unless it's a miracle. After wintering her for two winters, AI'ing twice and paying to board her and for the bull fee for two heat cycles and get nothing, saying nothing of what we paid for her($800) we need to cut our losses now and not have to feed her hay this winter, only to hope she's gets bred again.
Cortney is beaming about all the comliments for her necklace and she is improving and getting more assured of herself with each new project. Thanks for your comments, we love hearing from you :o)
Lynn,
We feel so blessed to have the hoophouse, we already have small tomatoes and the banana peppers have peppers too :o) Our weather was rainy and coll and BAM! now this last week and coming week are into the mid to high 90's F with little moisture forcasted. So now we're in panic mode to get our sprinkler irrigation set up on the well to water than pastures, can't believe it they are already drying up*sigh*
I know you absolutely can relate when it comes to dairy cows and we were so.... looking forward to having milk and all the byproducts and now nothing :o(
Praying your boys have fun and enjoy there mini vacation as much as I know Cortney will hers. They don't have those Appleseed camps here in MT, or at least that I know of but we go to the gun range oursleves and everyone shoots and learns saftey and proper shooting skills. I shot our new double barrel Stage Coach shotgun( from the hip) with first trigger on buckshot and second barrel on a slug and let me tell you it REALLY kicks and the slug made a hole as big as a large as the size of a nickle.
Kat,
Good to hear from you! :o) Thanks for the compliments, of course we love to hear them *wink* ;O)
Feral Female,
Befuddling is exactly the word I was looking for and yes they certainly can be! Thanks for your compliments and for stopping by to chat, we love hearing from you!
Thank you and blessings to each of you. :o)
I just found your blog. Nice garden and greenhouse. We've had a very similar problem getting our Jerseys pregnant... No fun.
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