Potatoes and Melons

I love all the different varieties of potatoes my neighbor gave us.

In this heat in the Ozarks watermelon is a meal.

Animals on the Move

Here is a driveway doe chasing after her twin fawns.

Our home grown little rooster struts his stuff.

Run Opal Run

Opal meets her new pasture mates, my two year old Fox Trotters. They need the grass and Opal doesn't.

Opal runs a lap around the pasture.

Opal leads the pack with Bean and Maple following.

Opal is tired of running away from Maple.

Three Stooges

Here are the three female Boer goats at my neighbors farm. These girls had a blast running around their pasture with our horses.

Que Es un Burro?

Alan walking Opal back home to her pasture after a hoof trim at our place.

Summertime cowboy and part time donkey wrangler.

Opal is overweight, note the back fat. See with her owner.

Our solution is to move our two young horse into Opal's pasture. They will eat all the extra grass and chase Opal around the pasture. They need the extra calories and experience.

Happy after her hoof trim, walk and worming. She is such a sweet donkey.

Trees Down

On Monday morning I drove down our country road to mail off a package. I saw trees down everywhere. The NOAA radio mentioned strong winds but not this bad. My neighbor almost lost his green house in the severe winds. The local power company drove through and cut and cleared all the downed trees. These trees were strong and healthy hickories.

Blister Nightmare

in the straw

in the weeds

in the tomatoes

These are photos of the blister beetles all over the place. In my garden and my neighbors the grounds moves with thousands of these bugs. Ugh, they are awful for an organic farmer. I used oil soap in a spray bottle and that got them off the leaves But after two days they moved onto some other part of the farm to lay eggs. They thinned out the tomato plants and the potato leaves as well. But the plants are growing new leaves so all is not lost. I am still getting tomatoes from the wounded plants.