Busy weekend. Saturday I started cultivating and muching around all the sprouts in the garden. All the plantings are doing well. Picked more strawberries, asparagus and radishes.
Italians eat their radish tops. Don't waste those lovely greens. As long as they are too big and tough, you can saute them in olive oil, lemon juice or white wine and garlic. Yummy!
When it's time to thin my radish rows, I wash all the sprouts that I pull up and throw the whole thing in a saute pan, add white wine and garlic and serve with pork chops, marinated, then grilled with olive oil, oregano and garlic, s&p. Music to my mouth.
Animals were active this weekend. New baby chickens are now allowed out of their run during the day. I leave the chicken run open so they can go in and still feel comfortable, eat and get water there too. The rooster stays close by and keeps them all in the coop corner of the farm for now. At night they go into the coop with no problem. 26 new hens keep that rooster very busy.
I got the ducks to eat out of my hand this weekend. I sit in the grass and pet them when they come to see what's in my hand. Steve and I are still trying to get them to swim more in the pond. They stay very close to shore which is dangerous. They are safer if they can stay out in the middle of the water. Foxes and coyotes won't go swimming for dinner.
Steve did a bit of fishing on Sunday. He caught a catfish that was pretty darn big. Big enough to eat, but he let him go. They are doing a great job keeping the pond clean.
Saturday evening we had some visitors. A pair of geese came by the pond with their 3 babies. They were so cute. Babies were too small to fly yet. And as the sun set, the goose family rested a while and then moved on to look for shelter for the night.
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