Jack insists on playing king of the mountain on the two big mushroom compost piles...they are a favorite scratching/pooping ground of the chickens...Jack stinks! The Farm is proving to be a favorite place for the City Grand kids...they're getting the hang of it...getting use to the rhythm of the farm. Up early, big breakfast, lots of little chores, some big chores, big lunch, nice long nap, little snack, work in the garden, back to the house, Grandpa's home, big LOUD family dinner, clean up, wash up, read a book and off to bed...it's different for them, but so exciting. They love the California cousins and are so happy they can see each other everyday...they will be going back to North Carolina after Christmas, they will be greatly missed.
The first of the yearly Winter storms is on it's way. We still have lots of crops out in the fields. Cotton, squash, almonds, pecans and a bit of rice...we may loose the almonds, pecans cotton and rice...but I think we can save the butternut...it's the nature of the beast...that nice hard outer shell. I took a nice quite drive to pick up some persimmons from a friend and made a side trip out to the butternut field...I threw about 50 in the back of the Land Rover...I'll add some to my squash storage and the rest I'll put out front on the produce stand for those folks looking for something nice on their Thanksgiving table. I make a killer butternut pie and butternut bread... I'll put the recipes in a basket on the stand next to the squash.
2 comments:
What a haul! Your dirt looks so rich and dark -- probably great for growing just about everything. :)
Glad your little one is feeling better. They are both such cuties.
oh my gosh!!! Will you look at allllll those Butternut Squash!!!
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