Enough with the Rain Already!

Okay, it's rained at least part of the day every day since last Thursday. That is officially overkill. We've had more than two inches of rain now, and it's getting ridiculous. I've only been able to get some of my stuff done in the garden; I've spent more time out in the barn and in the shop doing things that need to get done, but I really want to get the gardens finished.

Still, today wasn't a complete waste of a day; the weather was nice enough this morning (we even got some sun!) so I was able to get another garden row ready and full of beet seeds. I have another row just about ready to go, but I'm not sure what to put in there just yet. I'd like to get the lettuce in, since it grows pretty quickly. But we shall see.

Our next big project/purchase will definitely be a greenhouse. We're still looking at where is the best spot to put it, but we've narrowed it down to a couple of places on the property that get good sun throughout the day. Now we just have to actually get the darn thing. Greenhouses are not cheap.

In livestock news, we have some news from our friends who are incubating some of our chanticleer eggs: We have hatchings! At least two as of the last report I got, so that's great news. Unfortunately, we're having issues with the hens in our main coop: Some of them are eating eggs. That is NOT good news, but it's almost impossible to tell which hens are actually starting it unless we catch them in the act. I've already caught two, and they're out with the roosters waiting to be culled. If we have to, we'll cull the entire flock and start over with the babies that are hatching now.

We're getting three meat pigs instead of two, and you all know what that means: LOTS of bacon. We made good money selling pork last year from our two piggies, enough that we effectively paid nothing for the meat we kept. This year, we're going to make a profit. Samson and Delilah are growing, and I expect that within a few weeks they'll be able to go outside. I just have to get their pen built and ready to go.

And both our bunny-girls are pregnant! At least, we're pretty darn sure they are. Bugs certainly did his part to get them that way, and Artemis (the gray bunny-girl) has been decorating her new lair with fur and straw. We'll be selling baby bunnies by the end of summer, whether as pets or as stewing meat. I'm fine either way.

So, all in all, it's been a decent few days here on the farm. More stuff will be happening soon, but we'll have to wait for the weather to improve. Eventually.