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Storm Damage

We have had a lot of pop up storms in the evening here lately.   Two years we had a bad drought, and between my husband going on fire calls constantly and the well running low, I worried alot.  This year we have had a good bit of rain, so even with the bits of garden that was damaged, and fencing that needed fixing from trees, I am not complaining.

Sky Number 6

Prepper's Livestock Handbook Non-Review

Over at the 5 Acres & A Dream blog ( http://www.5acresandadream.com ), Leigh has a new book coming out.

Although I have not read it, I am looking forward to trying to get a copy.  A quick look at the table of contents shows that a lot of bases have been covered.  There are chapters covering breed selection, housing, feeding, reproduction, and health care. She even goes over food storage in the event of power failure. The book is available in stores and websites. An overview can be found here: http://kikobian.com

I planted a summer squash variety this year.

The only problem was the seeds we're not marked in the variety pack, and they all looked the same.  I thought I would be able to tell the difference when they started growing.

I was wrong.  Squash plants look exactly alike. 

Sky Number 5

Jungle Garden

We have been having rain.  A whole lot of rain.  First it was gulf rain, then Alberto, and then a system from the northwest. So steamy, then unbearably sauna like, and then two days of cooler weather, if you can call 88 degrees with 95 percent humidity cooler.  Our tomatoes loved it.

  So did our pole beans.  The beans went from sprouted to over our heads in a week.  My husband had the week off of work, and we spent a lot of time in between breaks in the weather putting up bean trellis. It wasn't fun - the rain made that Alabama red clay the goopiest stuff.  I am not quite sure how something could be so slippery and sticky at the same time. Oh yeah, and it stains.

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Yellow Rose

Despite all the rain we have received, my roses have started to bloom.  Well, my yellow rose has - my lavender rose has succumbed to a fungus.  It didn't surprise me. I would not be surprised to look out my window and see the animals lining up two by two.  I ran out during a break in the rain to snap this picture.

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Absentee Again!

I am at that moment when I realized that we are over a week into April and I haven't updated since December!  January was slow, but things have been swinging since February.  We have hatched biddies right and left, and had three kids and four piglets born. The hubby and I cleared an acre of land off for our ever expanding garden area.  We also burned off a seven acre lot in preparation for pasture or corn.  Between the day to day chores, and homeschool, 4-H, and ball, I have kept busy!