What the heck. I am used to pork chops vanishing.
Bread doing a bunk.
But potatoes!
Who knew!
That sheepish look is because of the camera, not because I begrudge him a couple of spuds.Later I was picking a batch of green beans for supper when I heard a hen turkey cut-cutting just feet away. It wasn't Lucy, who was down by the horse barn, but rather a wild one we have been seeing out in the horse field. I never did see this one, but I would estimate that she was within six feet of me hidden in tall weeds. It was kind of cool.
Right now a cardinal is whistling up a storm in the cedars by the front door . This is the first time one of them has used the acoustics of the front hall to amplify its song, although other birds do it regularly. You wouldn't believe how loud it is.
Farm Side deadline today, but there is so much going on in the dairy business just now that it shouldn't be hard to find material. Hopefully finding time won't be a problem either.
Someone special is taking Liz and the boss to NY for a Mets game today. The rest of us will be holding down the fort without them. Liz is over graining the cows right now, so I don't have to, but I will be doing it tonight. I think she is worried about me handling it, but I used to do it all the time....I am more worried about all the dozens of calves on buckets right now.
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Busy, Busy at Northview!
Your potatoes look awesome - ours never got a start in the soggy ground.
So far we have avoided the blight but it's just a matter of time I'm sure - it's hard to garden...Mother nature seems to work against us in the last few years :(
Matt was out in the garden and pulled our first potatoe out of the garden for supper and beets also!! We put up our first batch of cauliflower!! Work is about to begin!! You will do great tonight!!
well i'm not much of a baseball fan...don't get me wrong, i like the game...i just don't follow it like i did yrs ago...but i hope the travelers enjoy their day in the city!...something different is nice for a change! GO METS!
Busy place! Potato munching dogs! What next?
LOL!
Pretty neat to be so close to a wild turkey.
I have one for you...something that is slipping by called:
Banning Organic Farming & Regulating Home Gardening, HR 875 & S 425
What it Does:
* Legally binds state agriculture departments to enforce federal guidelines effectively taking away the states power to do anything other than being food police for the federal government.
* Effectively criminalizes organic farming, but doesn’t actually use the word 'organic.'
* Affects anyone growing food, even if they are not selling it but consuming it.
* Affects anyone producing meat of any kind including wild game.
* Legislation is so broad based that every aspect of growing or producing food can be made illegal. There are no specifics, which is bizarre considering how long the legislation is.
* Section 103 is almost entirely about the administrative aspect of the legislation. It will allow the appointing of officials from the factory farming corporations and lobbyists and classify them as experts and allow them to determine and interpret the legislation. Who do you think they are going to side with?
* Section 206 defines what will be considered a 'food production facility' and what will be enforced upon all food production facilities. The wording is so broad based that a backyard gardener could be fined and more.
* Section 207 requires that the state’s Agriculture department act as the food police and enforce the federal requirements. This takes away the states power and is in violation of the 10th amendment
Sometimes I really wonder about our govenment! I really do.
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
Someone special.....Liz....do tell:)
Too bad the Mets are doing so poorly but heck half the team is injured! The new stadium looks gorgeous. It will be worth the trip just to be there.
Deb, sorry your lost your potatoes. Worst gardening year I have seen in a while,. The only thing that is doing really well is sunflowers.
Lisa, they sure are good aren't they?
anon, they sure had a good time and the Mets won big
FC, He gave me the best laugh of the day crunching down potatoes like that....Alan actually walked up on a sleeping wild turkey once and touched it. It sure got out of there quick then.
LInda, thanks, I have been watching this one. It is insane the life changing misguided bills that are being slammed through Congress one after another. This one will be a nightmare and won't accomplish a darned thing. Give the USDA enough inspectors to get the job done and properly inspect imports....and punish companies like Maple Leaf that have recall after recall. They have a problem. Make them fix it.
Linda, a special brother that is. lol
Wr, they said the stadium was really nice and they sat by folks that the boss enjoyed talking to very much...and the Mets won!
Dakota eats raw potatoes, too. She's weird, though.
Hey there Cubby, long time no see. Hope you and Dakota and your family are doing well.
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