Has been a very long time since I've updated my farm blog....life just got in the way, and now that school is out for the summer, I have been busy (and rather happily) working on landscaping projects around the house. A friend of mine from work has a beautiful home FULL of hostas and other things, her hostas are thick and full, and we've had a nice time dividing them, and I've brought a nice collection back here to plant, mostly in front of the house. I've also planted quite a large number of lilies of different types, ajuga, japanese painted ferns, regular ferns, creeping myrtle and some chinese lanterns, in a spot where they can spread at will. Things have taken quite a transformation around here! I got some new raspberry plants to add to my young existing ones, and we have several pumpkins, sunflowers, indian corn and swan gourds in the patch by the pasture fence. I bought a scarletta fetterbush shrub this spring, I just love it. I wanted a few more, but was only able to get my hands on one. I just love this little shrub!
We installed a larger clothesline this summer, have been working on our deck, I recently moved the firepit and would like to put some sort of patio around it, and am getting ready to get rid of my son's sandbox. He no longer uses it, and it's just become an eyesore, and something to have to mow around, and the weeds and tree seedlings are rather enjoying growing within the sand, so it's time to go.
All of the animals are doing well, the chickens are giving us eggs every day and are bright eyed and healthy, the horses and donkeys are doing well. Kissy, my old Arabian mare, again had eye issues this summer as she does every year at this time. I've finally gotten the flare up to stop.
Already a month away from school starting yet again....where has the summer gone?
Friday, July 30, 2010
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