Start 'em young

The funniest thing happened the other night. We were sitting at the table going over our vegetable schedule and heard the oddest noise. At first, we thought we were having an earthquake. We went to the door to see Ben (our male Pyrenees) with the handle of our 120 quart ice chest in his mouth. This is not a small ice chest. He was carrying it from the barn to the front lawn were he stacks anything he collects throughout the night (mice, squirrels, gophers, skunks). I guess that will teach Marvin to clean up all his toys and tools before going in the house.

The lambs are growing - literally by leaps and bounds. They run across the field and leap through the air. I wish I could do that.

I met with the teacher from the Bradley School Thursday regarding their upcoming farm field trip. My daughter lives in Orange County and said that they had to PAY $7 per person for their kindergarten class to visit a farm down there. We are just so excited to have our local school come visit. We will set up stations for them to visit and learn about the fruit trees, olive trees, veggies, cattle, sheep and chickens. For lunch, we are going to treat them to a BBQ and then back to school. I'll let you know how things are going as they progress. If anyone has any ides, drop me an email at kblackbu3@yahoo.com.

We also will be hosting the California Rare Fruit Growers for the July meeting and BBQ.

We received a phone call from a very nice fellow who works at Camp Roberts and lives down the road. He was looking for turkey eggs. I had put a dozen in a carton but were waiting to hear from him (he had left a message previously on the answering machine). He was so happy because he really likes them and was going to visit his mother. He wanted her to taste them.

Marvin is busy finishing the harvesting of our hay crop. It looks like a fine crop of feed to get our cows through the hot months.

We have veggies growing big and tall. Put them in that warm ground and they really start reaching for the sky. I know that large farms have hundreds of acres of farmland, but I swear that each and every plant is more like a personal garden plant.

My grandson Landon helped me plant veggies in my "kitchen garden". As you can see, the sun was a bit bright so grandpa let him borrow his hat.

We are committed to sustainable agriculture here at HZ Harvest. I found a really nice quote describing just what that entails. "Sustainable agriculture is a way of raising food that is healthy for consumers and animals, does not harm the environment, is humane for workers, respects animals, provides a fair wage to the farmer, and supports and enhances rural communities."

Hope you all have a great weekend!