Change In The Weather

We have gone from hot and humid to cool and wet weather here in Ohio.  The good side of this for farming is that we have plenty of moisture in the ground.  The bad part is that the cool weather will slow crops from maturing.  The tomatoes have especially slowed down.  Fall crops like broccoli, cabbages, and turnips are looking good and should do well in the cooler weather.

I call this box a real earthy box...potatoes, tomatoes, onions, yellow squash, zucchini, okra and fresh basil.

this is all good but this week I had a note from Lizzie.  I get so excited when I find a nice little surprise like that tucked away in the box.  Seems they had to take Anna to the eye doctor and then picked up some paint at Lowe's.  I know this because Mark got to visit with then for just a bit.  It would take me about 30-40 minutes to drive from the farm to Lowe's.  It takes a 2 hour buddy ride.  Anna gets car sick and they thought it best she not be sick at the doctors office.  I am so jealous!

Things for the animals are going to change since the weather is changing.  During the winter months when the grass doesn't grow Andy brings the horses and cows into the barn.  They are fed hay and bed then down in sawdust from the sawmill.  Each time they put down a layer of sawdust they add a little bit of shelled corn.  Then in springtime they will put the cows and horses back out in the pasture and bring the pigs in the barn.  They will root around looking for the corn and in the process will bring up the packed bedding and then they have nice rich compost.  Andy then takes that compost and applies it to the fields after the produce is done for the year,  Then this will be fertilized for the next year's crops.

The chicken have a really cool 'egg mobile'.  They like to rotate it around on the cover crop fields and in the grass lands.  The chickens love to eat the grass and cover crops.  

Andy says that what ever they don't produce into to those beautiful, delicious bright yoked brown eggs. they drop back into the soil with in turn really builds up the soil.  They are really useful animals.

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