Good morning everyone. 
We spent almost all morning in the garden yesterday, weeding and gathering for our vegan feast. The young people were entranced by the Duke of Kupa, who spent a lot of time sashaying about looking gorgeous. His tail sways as he walks.
Showing off his feathers and his wives.
Look at our darling Queenie. No, Queenie honey, only Daisy comes into the milking parlour. 
You have to wait outside. Stay with Hairy like a good cow. No, I am not laughing at you Queenie, I am laughing with you.
In the afternoon I brought up another super of honey and strained and bottled it. 
The honey is still the same light shade – the light in this shot just makes some of them look darker. So far we have harvested 14 pints ( about 8 litres) from that super and more coming. It is not very warm so it is dripping slowly. Oops I forgot the milk. Wait! 
There, the Land of Milk and Honey.
Good morning. I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. More gardening and hopefully fencing for us today. The weather is so cool that we are roaring through the outside work.
Well done on so many of you getting all the sheep’s names right. You didn’t know there was going to be a test did you!! For the record Minty is much smaller than Meadow. Hand raised lambs will never be as robust as lambs who are brought up on mother’s milk. She will catch up though. Look how big Mia is now.
As you know every morning after the milking, the feeding out and the cleaning up is done, I come back to the study for an hour cruising about looking to see what you are all up to. I place the new post on my Farmy FaceBook page. Share any images and posts from you guys that catch my eye. (I am working on doing more of that too. It is easy to share in these mediums.) Then I post my favourite shot from my own Post onto my pinterest Farmy board. Today I am going to have a hard time choosing a favourite. I might just wait and see what you have to say.
Have a lovely day.
celi
Look what was happening on the farmy on this day a year ago. I had a very weak hive last year so I put two hives together. Combining two Bee Hives. This hive performed very well this summer. We just collected their honey yesterday. So this is a well timed retrospective. I really am enjoying reading these old posts.
The Kitchen's Garden 
49 responses to “The Land of Milk and Honey”
You are fresh air – thank you!
The honey looks wonderful. What is a super? For a while I thought you were misspelling supper which was quite disturbing when you wrote “…I brought up another super of honey…”
The jars of honey look miraculous, filled with light and labour! Now I must go see if I can find you on Pinterest!
It’s cooler here, too. I love that silhouette shot of Kupa, and the one with the flash of colour on his wing.
I took a walk to my neighbors little (just a few acres…alot of it wooded) farmy said hi to the bull jersey calf and his mama, glared at the beehives and listened to the roosters calling all to attention…and thought of you.
Enjoy the family time. Happy Sunday.
I definitely vote for the Queenie photo; that cow definitely poses! So funny and cute! It’s cooled down in Toronto too and the skies have the tone of fall in them. I will be sad to see summer go. My feet tend to feel claustrophobic in boots and socks, sigh.
Love the Land of Milk and Honey photo, a miracle that the cat posed for you! The bowl of milk must have been an adequate bribe.
Good morning, Celi. I like the piles of honey sans cat and milk and I also like the lit slice of peacock feather on the dark peacock.
Do I see a tree house behind the honey stack?
Definitely those two pairs of cow eyes peering over the barn door!
Christine
As much as I like The Duke, I’ll vote for the cat pic. Give him a bit of the spotlight. Your honey is so light in color. The honey I’ll be buying next month in Michigan will be darker. I’m going to ask the farmer if he knows what the predominant source of pollen his bees use. He probably won’t and then dismiss me as “city folk.” Zia, who’s lived there for over 30 years is still considered “city folk” by some. ((sigh))
Another cool day in store for today, Celi, and rain in tomorrow’s forecast. I could get used to this!
Enjoy them both!
I love the honey and milk shot with the kitty. It is just too adorable! I also like the picture of Queenie and Daisy. Precious. I need to buy some new local honey. We’re down in central IL this weekend, hopefully I’ll find some down here. Have a great cool and relaxing day Celi!
Iridescent feathers and sun shining through honey — the stained glass in the Chapelle-de-Farmy.
Good morning to you too. The cows make me laugh.
Is Queenie Daisy,s daughter? I know Daisy had the Bobby Blanc but can’t remember Queenie’lineage.
Morning equus, Queenie is a little hereford heifer that i bought last year, in fact she is only a year old. She is the founding member of my beef cow herd. That is why she is so short and stout while Daisy is all legs and udder!! ..c