Mid-June Homestead Update

I had a very long update for you, but once again, my phone couldn't handle uploading 6+ photos to my blog, so rather than stopping the upload, the Blogger app dumped my whole blog. All ten million words from yesterday and today. 

So enjoy a few pictures.

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This is Bob. He is the sweetest and reminds me so much of Charlie. 

The garden has been expanded and mowed. I just have a bit more weed eating to do. 

Garlic has been harvested. Soft neck has been braided, but hardneck is curing.

Abby is learning to drive the tractor.  

As usual, Sundays are our work day since Al works five days a week and the sabbath we rest.  It is so hard to pay attention to how long I am outside, so I ended up sunburned again.  But I have found that tallow is the best for it.  No peeling at all!  

While we were pulling up electric netting near the woods, I must have stepped in a tick nest.  I had seed ticks crawling all over me.  Now I am not a huge fan of deet, but you can believe I was running for the 40% deet and spraying it on my clothes to slow those little things down.  Al said I must have picked off at least twenty ticks from my clothes.  Later in the house I found five or so more hidden in the folds of my knot skirt and YES, one had fixed itself on my back.  I hate those things!  

Because we had to remove the brush pile and rescue my compost from the chickens, I have chickens and turkeys all over creation.  It is highly frustrating, but not much I can do.  We are hoping they all go in tonight.  

Well, you just got a very condensed version of my "lost blog".  I am trying not to overwhelm you with blog updates, so I end up with so much to say I lose it all.  

Have a blessed week!