Miscellaneous

I can't believe I've barely written a post on strawberries and they are already almost gone. The annual Strawberry Festival was a few weeks ago and went very well, especially given the fact that the farm had half the strawberries that it has in the past. The rows were picked clean and I got fourteen jars of jam for the year.

My goal for my beloved blueberries is to take the kids up to Blueberry Hill at least twice a week in the mornings and pick for the year. I've already frozen a gallon of them and this is only the first week of U-pick. I love blueberries!

We chicken owners made an executive decision to butcher our remaining chickens. When all was said and done, we only had four (out of twenty adults and twenty chicks) left and no humane place to keep them where they would have ready access to grass and still be alive in the morning. So tonight is the night. I'm not looking forward to it.

On another note, because this blog is open to the public, I've decided to employ a little protective literary device and nickname my family. But I need a little help. All I've come up with for my husband so far is "Farmer Brown." For my daughter, I've thought of "Farm girl," "Snow-girl (her name means snow)," and "Dandelion (there are many of those around here)." For my son, all I could think of was "Little Leaf" or "Farm boy." I'd welcome suggestions or a vote on which ones you like.