A BANDIT On The Loose!

This 3 month old rooster we call "BANDIT" ... we didn't like his given name. He seems to be the leader in the group and sure wants to be out on the loose. He has become a better forager though since we have been walking him and his group (band of followers). He usually follows when we call, but will run after us when we get too far away. A quick shuffle of your feet will make the bugs jump so this guy can start 'groovin' on them. He even brings his band of followers under the fence and into the orchard because he wants us to be nearby.

The past two days have been spent weeding the new strawberry patch and laying down hay we raked from the fields. We work for several hours until it gets too blasting hot, then we come home for a few hours and head back out at night when it gets cooler. During the weeding session, I managed to water the gardens and put in some seeds and plants.

Two days ago, I transplanted some beautiful carnations from our flower bed at home. I put them along the walking stones for my pond. The slight shower we had helped a bit and they are coming along fine. I have iris, two types of carnations, viola, an aloe plant and seashells all around my pond. The plants in the pond are doing well also and I really like my striped rush and marsh marigold. I also put a few gambusia in the pond to see how they'll do ... looks like the weather is warm enough for them. Today, I planted varigated vinca seeds, portulaca seeds and cosmos seeds around the pond to fill in between the plants.

I tilled a new area for our watermelon, cantaloupe, squash and pumpkins this morning and we put some seeds in. It was quite buggy and they were biting hard due to the threat of a storm/rain so we ended our morning at the farm and went to Grandma's to build her arbor.