This is why I have water in the basement. Our little house looks like it is on an island.
But that is a field of corn under water. The farmer who rents this field will have to replant but for the moment no tractor can get near this muddy field. 
Meadow has decided that the grass IS greener on the other side. But it’s not.
Good morning Charlotte. Good morning, The Fellowship. Charlotte and I are wondering when is the best time to put her in pen by herself, to prepare for the birth. Her date is the 17th of June. What do you think? A week before?
The dogs get dirty during the day, especially Ton, so I have a big tub filled with water under the tree for them to jump in and out of. Farm dogs get pretty smelly.
The Coupe. The floor has arrived and is sitting in a pile on our dining area floor. I am definitely reaching the stage of feeling crowded by stuff and slightly fraught with the building but we are into the home strait now. And one man building a little house with such care and precision takes a while. However the floor men come back Monday to lay the oak floors and the timber has arrived for the trim so my cabinet maker friend has begun to make the screen doors to begin. And the covered porch has its floor already so we are getting there. And so far the cost is a little more than a year in a retirement home. So we are on track. Just desperate to get into it really.
Dear Jo, is your dress as orange as this poppy?
Neville’s Garden. I love deep borders.
Good morning. Both bee hives are doing very well now. It is possible that they are ready for more room to grow into. Today, if the weather stays fine, I shall prepare two supers then suit up and investigate. If they have covered the majority of their frames with honey and brood then I shall give them another story and pat their little furry heads (metaphorically) with delight.
Giraffe has taken over the surrogate pea egg mother chores. Because she is too old I had left her to babysit the peahen eggs for a short while until I got The Cuckoo settled in the little chook pen but The Cuckoo has not come up to standard and broke the chicken eggs I placed under her in preparation as she paced in there. So that was not a good idea. But Giraffe is still patiently sitting on her very large eggs. So we will just leave her be for a while and see how she goes. But she is in one of the laying boxes in the middle of a big chook house. The biggest problem is keeping other chickens out of her box. And what to do at hatching, the crowded chook house is no place for a little chick, they will have to be put into a wee run immediately, with Giraffe, or straight under lights. I am not sure yet. You and I are kind of playing this one by ear!
Walk time yesterday afternoon was all about keeping the dogs out of the mud.
But they both went in the bath voluntarily when we got home anyway.
I am collecting more Back Door Step pics and will show you another page on the weekend, and maybe for a few weekends after that so you are not too late if you are still thinking about sending a shot.
I hope you all have a lovely day! Looking out the window it seems that we may get little more sun today.. Excellent. Time for me to get to work.
Your friend, celi.
The Kitchen's Garden 
53 responses to “Floods in the Fields”
Oh my goodness…all that water! I especially love seeing healthy bees…Have a beautiful day!!!! Heat wave here in downstate New York…just in time for a camping trip to the beach! Big hugs
Oh a camping trip at the beach.. and HEAT! perfect! I bet you have piles of fun! c
We’re planning on it. I hope the flooding in the basement subsides without too much work on your part. I will be thinking about you as you get dry!
Its just work, i don’t mind that, builds my muscles!! ha ha ha .. c
It’s great to hear the building is progressing. How lovely to have hand-made items. Water in the basement sounds like it could be a problem. Will it do damage?
No damage really, we have the basement set up as a wet dry space, the sumo pump gets rid of most of it, well except for the half of the basement that slopes the other way, so i just sweep it over towards the pump.. c
now i know where my rain went! i just finished watering. glad to see healthy happy bees!
So glad to hear your bees are doing well. I have the same problem with my setting hens being in the main house. I actually have a screen cover I put over their nest box and go let them out to eat and drink. It’s a pain but I was getting too many broken eggs. Hopefully we’ll get a special “hatchery and nursery” set up soon!
Ah, what a very good idea, I can do that, I have some old screens in the shed! So you just wait for her to hop back in and then cover her up.. I will go and do that now! thank you missy.. c
You’re welcome! 🙂
Great news about the bees, c, but wow look at those flooded fields. The Midwest is certainly seeing its fair share of weather events this year. Andy and Sonny called it a day here; chucking down rain, which isn’t good for the mechanical digger in the garden. Too slippery. This garden renovation might take a while. Love to the farmy, and to you, c!
Beautiful post! It’s like going on a farm for the weekend to unwind 🙂
Oh Meadow, you silly billy!! Too funny
That is a lot of water. Here we’ve had quite a bit of rain, too, but not THAT much. Many farmers have not yet planted crops and it’s getting really late in Minnesota to seed corn given our short growing season. Not good. Not good at all.
So much…the story continues and continues. I’m happy about the bees…and that the dogs have water to play in..but what I’m most buzzy about is the Coop! Yeehaw! Love it to pieces.
That’s a lot of water! I hope your asparagus are ok. I would love to see a few photos of them. I planted my first patch of asparagus this year.
So much water but the reflections of light in it are so beautiful.
I remember wet fields like that from the years I lived in Quincy, Illinois. Wish you could send some of it to Colorado :-).
there is an old saying..’it never rains unless ir pours’ I don’t think it was quite meant for your situation but it seems to fit…
stay dry, stay safe
Whooa – too much water, who left the tap running??? I was thinking of your bees this morning when I was enjoying some honeycomb on toast ( a friend gave me some yesterday). The Coupe is starting to look like it has been there forever. Laura
I can understand your problem with the nesting box. I have 8 hens, 2 that are old and don’t lay any more. I have 2 nesting boxes in the hen house and another one in my shed (well i found a few eggs in the corner so guessed someone wanted to lay there!). However my 6 laying hens line up to use the one site and kick up such a fuss if there is already a hen sitting! I keep trying to tell them to use the other box or go in the shed, but they don’t listen to me. It’s ot like it is the same nest each time either!