Lucy's First Farm Visit

Amy and Lucy were in town visiting and we made it out to the farm for one night.  I haven't been out for two weeks and probably will not be back for another two weeks.  Things are getting a little overgrown.  Some interesting stuff on camera this visit.

We filled the car up - Joan shared the back seat with Lucy, Chloe and Sydney.

Lucy having some farm tummy time with help from the dogs.

Such a big girl - sitting up by herself.

The pumpkins look great.  Some rows have a weed issue but they're pretty much going to have to fend for themselves this year.

Most plants are in the flower stage but some of the early plantings are already fruiting.

News Flash:
The scoundrel elk outfitter who stiffed us has finally refunded our hunt deposits (after 1 1/2 years).

Only 60 days until this year's elk hunt.

I'm thinking about an Africa hunt next year for my 60th birthday.  Anybody else interested?

Amy assisted with the harvest this week - here she's working on the beans.

A bumper crop of zucchini and squash.

The rain gauge was only showing about an inch but it hadn't been checked in two weeks - might have had some evaporation.

One of the sunflower fields is in bloom - this one is just outside the dining room.

They are pretty tall but there's quite a bit of ragweed in there too.

There's the barn.

Probably my best soybean crops - it has been a great growing season so far.  The beans are growing faster than the deer can eat them - unusual.

I had planned to catch up on some mowing but, of course, I broke the brush-hog.

The rear wheel fell off and the axle was broken.

I was racing to get some forage turnips planted for a late season deer snack.  The rain was moving in and the field had been taken over by weeds.  We'll see how they do.

Last visit I mowed some of the weeds in the clover field.

The deer (fawns included) seemed to appreciate the mowing.

They were followed by a coyote - probably looking for the fawns.

This was an interesting gobbler parade on the ridge atv trail.

Followed an hour later by a coyote.

The fawns are up and about.  If these are twins, one is alot larger than the other (male/female?).

Could these be triplets?  It's unusual but it does happen.

Sometimes there's just one fawn.  Coyote attrition?

I splurged on a new camera (regular flash) for under the apple trees.  I think the apples are such an attraction that the deer will come whether there's a flash or not.  And the pictures are better with a regular versus IR flash.

There are already a number of good looking bucks around.

I'm guessing that the great growing season is providing ample nutrition.

This will probably be my last mineral feed.

Amy made the camera tour with me and we looked for more rasberries.  The red ones are done and the black ones are just ripening - but they are sour.

I'm off to Australia for a quick trip so I'm not sure when I'll be back.  Hopefully my brush-hog can be fixed while I'm gone.