We have had no real snow thus far this fall. The upside of that is that my commute to work has been easier, no 30 mile drive after a 3 to 6 inch snowfall. The downside is the snow is really pretty and I love looking out of windows at the snow and trees.
We have been visited by a family of White-Tailed Deer actually I think that it is the same doe that returns each year with her fawn(s). Over the years the dogs and deer have settled into an easy truce. The dogs don’t chase the deer all the time — and the deer don’t bolt everything they see us. I have set out two feed blocks for them, and moved them closer to the house. In the early fall when the apples where falling off the trees, we collected the apples that fell into the fenced vegetable garden and dropped where the deer could get them. Yesterday, I cut up some apples that were to soft to eat and put them out for them.
Tomorrow is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. The first day of winter. I am off to cook dinner…
~ Weather When Posted ~
Temperature: 36°F;
Humidity: 96%;
Heat Index: 36°F;
Wind Chill: 32°F;
Pressure: 29.8 in.;
On April 1 I started out with a modest flock of day old 9 day old chickens. Eight pullets and one rooster. As time went by it became apparent that I had two roosters and seven pullets.
The end of June some unknown critter got into my chicken coop and killed two of my pullets and one of the roosters disappeared also (no body found) that day . I don’t mean to be cruel but the loss a rooster was not a big deal, fortunately the rooster that disappeared was not the one pictured above; Romeo (ll) is a Silver Laced Wyandotte. He is quite attractive, and is just learning how to crow.
Within the next month the reminding five pullets should start to lay eggs. Five layers should provide me and a few friends with a good supply of eggs for the next year.
~ Weather When Posted ~
Temperature: 36°F;
Humidity: 96%;
Heat Index: 36°F;
Wind Chill: 34°F;
Pressure: 30.08 in.;
I have been picking string beans for the last couple of days. The beans are one thing that has grown well in the garden this year.
Bean Fortex
A bigger and tastier French bean. Extraordinaire! A French bean that’s bigger and tastier- a new classic.
A gourmet’s delight, this stringless French variety is everything you wish for in a bean: tender, green, mildly sweet, nutty, meaty, savory.
Wildly popular in France (the French know beans), you can pick them from 6 up to 11 inches. Vigorous growth requires sturdy stakes. 75 days.
~ Weather When Posted ~
Temperature: 99°F;
Humidity: 13%;
Heat Index: 99°F;
Wind Chill: 99°F;
Pressure: 29.9 in.;
