Been a few days since I wrote.
I’ve been busy. I had to build a new chicken house for the 265 chicks we recently ordered and received.
Some are laying chickens, some are fancy breeds and some are meat birds. I have all of the meat birds (50) in with the other broilers. The other 200+ are in the newest chicken house.
I also cleaned up all of the cardboard that had been decomposing on the driveway. it is now in the compost, with a lot of other compost-able materials – It sure is nice to have the tractor for making, turning, adding to the compost pile.
We’ve been picking tomatoes for about 2 weeks and it looks like that could continue for several more weeks (if the weather stays hot).
The Asian pears are ripe now. Most are the size of a softball and are sweet, juicy and crisp. I think the CSA families will really enjoy them.
I got the chickens out of the greenhouse and roto-tilled the soil. it is ready for our winter greens, which we will be planting this week. We will also be replanting several garden beds with lettuce, spinach, cabbages and peas.
We have already had other families approach us about the CSA for next year. It looks like we won’t have any trouble filling the additional slots we make available.
–Pat