The ducks and chickens are enjoying roaming around the grounds and we are enjoying watching them. Both the boy and the dog are learning not to chase the birds, the dog listens better than the boy, but we are learning.
We let the chickens into the blueberry bushes to clean them up, fertilize, and eat bugs. It's funny to watch the chickens jump up to snatch a berry. The chickens continue to be friendly, sometimes a little too friendly (they jumped up on the picnic table in search of bugs). Yesterday the poor things got caught in the rain and tried to hide under the bushes, I don't think it worked out too well. Fluffernutter is growing steadily and getting more and more handsome. Fairly certain that he is a Buff Cochin, what do you think?
Blueberry season is over. We gathered seven or so gallons of berries from our three bushes. There is about four gallons in the freezer for the winter. The pears will be ready very, very soon. In fact a few of the daycare kids have been eating the small hard ones that have fallen on the ground.
I am hoping that the tomatoes ripen soon as the hot peppers and green peppers are ready to make salsa. When the tomatoes do ripen we are going to be in canning mode. We will make tomato sauce, tomato soup, and salsa.
