Hopefully today will be calmer. I still have a couple of teenagers and their baby staying for another week or so. But the Frenchmen and I are hoping for a calmer day today. Something nice and ordinary would do the trick.
We got all the hay in yesterday morning. Stacked up into the barn working hard to beat the rain that never came.
Here is yesterday in pictures. Then I am up and onto it. 
I have the second wave of meat chickens arriving today or tomorrow morning. The Post Office will call me. Today we are back into the neglected gardens that need water. And I am pickling beetroot. I love eating beetroot in the winter.
I hope you have a lovely day.
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
55 responses to “Calmer”
Your calves have to be some of the cutest creatures on earth.
Congrats on the hay, as well as your successful farm-to-table soiree!
Yes – that was probably the busiest week so far this summer! c
I hope it is calmer for you today.
So far it has been delightful – the visitors are out and so it is just my crew and I and we are taking it slowly .. and doing some planning.. c
Your cows are all so beautiful. Carlos the Willing and almost Able is beautiful too, but in a masculine, ancient Greek sort of way (lots of curls, big muscles, thick neck…) 🙂 Lovely, lovely Talia – she looks like a red deer fawn with her big ears and huge dark eyes. Have a calmer, less scattered day.
It is calmer and i am well pleased – I finally got the laundry put away!! c
I have trouble with that too, and with much less excuse!
Your calves have to be some of the cutest animals on the planet.
Congrats on getting the hay in, as well as your farm-to-table soirée!
Beautiful, charming creatures & hollyhocks & photos. Give yourself a big pat on the back, Celi. You got the hay in the barn, the guests fed with homegrown food & all your friends online delighted & in awe. Brava!
Hollyhocks always look good against old barns. They grow by themselves. c
Gotta love them calmer days.
🙂 Mandy xo
Hi there Mandy – how are you! ? c
Much better of late thanks C, after shocking news about Dad and a cousin. Will share it all soon. xo
Oh Mandy. All my love.. c
Bobby T and Talia are gorgeous and growing so quickly. Laura
Faster than the speed of light!.. c
The calves are gorgeous. What beautiful shots.
Beet root – DO NOT TRASH the greens or give them to the pigs….. Wash and cook them like you would spinach or other greens. They are a real treat. Little green flavor like any green but the beet flavor is there too! WHAT a treat they are….
We eat the greens every night with the salad of kale etc – i am surprised my beets even grow with all the theft of their green! c
Oh good! We had a small hole in the wall that served braised beets with stewed green occasionally and I had the owner texting me whenever they had them.
the baby animals are always so beautiful. they give hope.
Yes – they are so dear.. c
Beautiful animals, they’d win beauty contests! Hope it’s calm for you x
Yes we are having a lovely dayc
You could let the pigs take over the job of watering the garden …or perhaps not 🙂
Might not be quite the watering we had in mind.. c
True, but they’d be quite thorough 🙂
We have a feel of fall in the air, in the mornings. Cool enough I have to shut some of the windows. Rather odd for July.
Linda
How peculiar – but a nice break from the heat? c
Frost at Steamboat Spring this morning and snow in Montana and Wyoming.
I second the beet green opinion. Delicious with lemon or vinegar and a dab of butter. Beautiful pics, especially of the calves, but even the plonkers looks quite elegant in their wallow. Enjoy your calm day.
Yes we eat them all the time! c
I would send a little of our rain your way if I could. We have been putting up wet hay all week. Mother Nature is funny. We are 5 inches shy of our annual rainfall to date but have had just enough in the pop up thunder storms this week to put a damper on baling. On the other hand, the pastures look great for the cows and I have had to spend more time pulling weeds than watering the gardens. I hope you get some calm and some rain soon. 🙂
Putting up wet hay is miserable – do you salt them? c
No we have been wrapping everything. Too much fun! 😉