Fowl Adventures

This week my duties are once again feeding the fowl. On Monday I went to feed and water the turkeys and two were dead. So now all we have are two hen turkeys, we did have three hen turkeys and one tom turkey. Where we keep the chicken grain happens to be on a ant hill, not any ant hill but one that is swarming with red sugar ants. You can't stand there for very long. On Wednesday I found a dead chicken in the coop, and one beneath the coop. I got to put those in an empty grain bag to take up later for the dumpster. Some of the glories of farm life. They are dying because it is so hot outside. Another type of fowl adventure is with the geese. There is this one goose that will start approaching you hissing kind of low to the ground, and if he comes up to you he will start beating his wings and biting the hem of your shorts. If you push him away he will just come back again. However if you grab him around the neck and hold him back and then you just throw him across the field. (I learned this trick from one of the interns who has been here for almost a year) The goose will then leave you alone. There is only one Rooster I still fear. His name is Philippe. His back spurs have been cut off, but sometimes he just comes toward you and it is scary! Kylee (the intern with all the advice) says that the way to stop him from rushing at you is to grab him by his legs and hold him upside-down. She says she is the reason his spurs were cut. Chickens also don't lay as many eggs when it is hot like this. The lack of eggs is very vexing to more then just us farmers. Every Thursday at market people always ask "are there any more eggs?" and we have to say "No."

This week was actually the last week for shares until the autumn crop comes in. We will still go to market but we won't have to harvest as much!!!

Kylee left today. So now there is just me and Hannah interning. Hannah will be leaving on Tuesday. I am very sad about this. Last night we went horse back riding. A lady in the ward heard that Hannah loved horses and invited us to go over and ride. So all of us interns did it as kind of a final fun thing with all three of us. It was the first time I have ever ridden a horse. I even trotted a little bit. It hurts to sit down now. A couple of things I learned..... If you are tense the horse can feel it and will think it can do what ever it wants. You have to be calm, confident, in control. Just think of the horse as a car, you are the one steering. I had a lot of fun!

After Market we made our final share deliveries to Nora's Wine Bar (an Italian Restaurant) Geo (the chef who usually buys what ever vegetables we have left over from market) wanted us to taste some of his dishes that he uses our produce for. We gladly accepted this invitation to dine. He brought us out two types of pasta that had cheese in it made from our goat's milk. I googled the menu and this dish sounded like one of the things that was brought out to us: Papardella alla Luisa Papardelle, sausage, sundried tomatoes, & cream . The food was sooooooooo good. TONS better than Olive Garden! Then gelato was brought out to us that is also made from our goat's milk. The gelato flavors were.... Honey Basil, Chocolate Hazelnut, Pistachio, and two others that I can't think of the flavors. I tasted the honey basil and the hazelnut. They were both HEAVENLY!!! I however liked the Honey Basil the best. He said people don't often choose that one because they think that the basil will make it weird. But oh my goodness gracious... the flavor was AMAZING!!!!!!! It instantly became a favorite. If any of you are in Las Vegas you should go to Nora's and order the honey basil.

This is all for this week. ttfn.