Rhubarb

Our rhubarb is growing! We didn’t plant it, and I never use it so I don’t know why I like it so much, but I like it.  This year I keep telling myself I am going to go out and get some and use it.  I did actually go out and get some, and I was going to use it, but then I left it on the counter for two days and it got all limp and wobbly so I fed it to the chickens and that was that.  But, it is still thriving and growing so I am still convinced I am going to go use some of it to make something! I also need to transplant it because Joe is going to dig up that spot for our new septic tank and I still want it, even if I never use it!

Butterflies and Lilacs

Our big lilac bush is blooming right now, along with a couple smaller ones too on the edges of our property so the air smells really good outside at the moment!  I cut some and brought them inside the house too, although most of the flowers are now too high for me to reach.  Besides me, there have been dozens of butterflies sunning themselves on the bushes too.  I’ve seen monarchs because those are easy to spot and then there are other types of butterflies too, they are pretty but I have no idea what they are.

Lazy Today

Today was our lazy weekend day! I had high hopes of getting up to run and wash the dogs and maybe do some more work on the barn because it was an absolutely beautiful day.  Except instead we woke up late and then we watched the movie Meet Joe Black, which I had never seen before… it is good but really long.  Around 1pm or so we got ready to go and then I was going to run but instead I went swimming with Joe for a change, it’s been a few weeks since I have done swimming so it was fun.  After that we came home for lunch and it was already 4 and I decided I needed a nap instead of going out to wash dogs and clean barns and the next thing I knew it was like 7;30 and past time to feed animals and get supper ready! The day just flew by even though we didn’t really do anything!

My gigantic lilac bush is going to bloom any day now and then I am going to fill  the house with them! I really should trim this bush back so that it comes back even healthier but I never do because I don’t want to damage it and have it never come back… Now most of the flowers are on top and hard for me to reach.

Our huge clump of rhubarb.  Joe says I have to move it before we do the septic tank because this is the new location.  He would bull doze it over but I want to keep it so I think this coming weekend I will transplant most of it to a new home.  I have never actually cooked with our rhubarb, or any rhubarb for that matter, but this year I am convinced that I am going to preserve a bunch of it and use it in recipes.  One of Joe’s coworkers has come every year to get a bunch and he uses it, and one of my coworkers wanted some last year so I took them an entire plant to grow their own but I haven’t even used it myself yet!  And even if I never use it, I still want to save it!

Chickens outside enjoying the nice weather.  Some are poking around and others are sunbathing or dirt bathing and snoozing.  I left a bag of bedding/shavings in there yesterday thinking they wouldn’t bother it but they decide it was super fun and they poked a million holes in it and spread the shavings around.  It was supposed to go inside not ouside, but now the outside looks all nice and clean!