I love June and especially this year. It has been absolutely gorgeous and the weather has been so refreshing and …well perfect.
I thought I would share some pictures I have taken around the farm this month. Some people call it the “dog-days of summer”. I call it the “flower days”. Come July-I may change my mind!!! Enjoy!
Welcome to Hertzlers!
Bumblebees and honeybees love this tree.
Farm work…planting corn, making hay.
And well….maybe there is a dog!
Wildflowers abound…love thistle flowers-but not the thistle!
Hertzlers at the Powhatan Farmers Market.
My garden is doing so well this year.
Onions going to seed…as pretty as any flower.
Better Boy tomatoes.
Blue Lake Bush Beans (on left) and Fordhook Limas (on right)
Incredible sweet corn will soon be ready.
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Corn Beans and Blue Lake Pole.
Asparagus is over and going to seed.
Farm critters!
Mama Cow and calf.
A mama and her twins.
Some of the beef herd.
The big bull-a contented sire!
Ducks
A tree full of nasty buzzards-there were several dozen!
Baby chicks hatching in the incubator. I crossed Salmon Faverolles with a Delaware Rooster. Can’t wait to see what they are like. I love the Salmon Faverolles except that they lay a small egg. I want a big egg!! I am trying to see if I can keep their stunning appearance (muffs, feathers on feet and buff coloring) and improve the egg size.
These are the parents.
The horses at the stable.
June flowers.
Daylillies
Roses…. a blaze of glory and a touch of heaven.
Daisys
A summer faithful-Geraniums. They love the heat and dry weather.
I forget what these are called. (Someone can help me)
Elegant, graceful Hostas.
Rose of Sharon Shrub. We used to make dolls out of these flowers.
And my absolute-top of the list-favorite….the stunning Evening Primrose.
Each evening at 8:30-8:45 they open before your amazed eyes. Yes, you can actually watch them unfold. The hummingbird moths love them. I have two kinds that come. One has a short beak and looks like a moth. The other looks like a moth but has a long dangling beak. He helicopters over the bud and inserts his beak deep into the flower. Never misses.
The moths with the short beak nuzzle their noses deep into the flower.
Supper
Barbecue chicken on the grill.
And recreation..Gene pitches for the church softball team.
Stunning sky and clouds.
Oh, Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
in the heavens.
2 Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold against your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?[c]
5 You have made them[d] a little lower than the angels[e]
and crowned them[f] with glory and honor.
6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their[g] feet:
7 all flocks and herds,
and the animals of the wild,
8 the birds in the sky,
and the fish in the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.
9 Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Psalms 8 (NIV)
Wanda Starke Said:
on June 18, 2012 at 9:17 pm
The pictures are beautiful. You really got a good shot of the hummingbird moths. I love farms and I really enjoy the pictures of all the little babies.