Happy July 4th!

First off I want to wish everyone a Happy 4th of July!

Things around here have been pretty busy. I have been watching the grand kids and had some extra work commitments so it's time to catch up.

The garden is finally starting to come in pretty good, pumpkins, watermelons and cantaloupe are doing really good should have some flowering before too long. We had some fried zucchini last Monday, it was good! First veggie this year. We had a good soaking rain this week so it all got watered well. The heat has been crazy though. ( I can't comment on it anymore because it is now officially the HOT time of the year!)

Our additions to the implements for the tractor have been amazing so far. The rows were so much easier to plant and the weeds have been much easier to "control", wish we had come to our senses years ago but it just proves that you can teach old dogs new tricks!

For the first time ever we have had a total loss at hatching something. The Muscovy duck eggs we purchased have failed to hatch. We have had a number of power outages but I really don't think that is the cause. The letter that came with some of the eggs said to incubate at 85% humidity our incubator said 50%. We have hatched many varieties of foul and never had to go as high as 85%. Not sure what caused it yet.

The goat kids got to move into their new pen. Much more room but they got to meet the electric fence for the first time. There is a learning curve for them.