Talking Turkey...

FFF Photo a Day - Day 184

Our turkeys are growing fast. We got them as chicks at the end of May and as you can see they are fully feathered and big enough to look indignant! 

Our turkeys, geese and broiler chickens are out on a large pasture together. I love watching them interact! 

Turkeys are curious by nature and are usually the first to come over to you to see what you are doing as you enter their area. 

Growing strong!

FFF Photo a Day - Day 168

Our onions are growing strong! 

This year we tried three different methods for our onions. We started our own onions inside from seed, purchased some onions started in a greenhouse and planted onion sets straight into the ground.

The onion sets are by far the winner this year! 

Fowl days!

FFF Photo a Day - Day 163

The birds our growing fast! It's hard to believe that only two weeks ago they were tiny bundles of fluff.

As you can see they are starting to get their adult feathers and the goslings are almost twice the size of the turkeys! 

A couple more weeks and they will be out on grass. 

Bursting forth!

FFF Photo a Day - Day 157

After today's long rain, everything is practically bursting from the ground! 

Here the peas are stretching to meet the evening sun. 

Transplant day

FFF Photo a Day - Day 93 

Today's chore is transplanting seedlings. These tomatoes are going to be huge if we don't get them in the ground soon! 

They will move out to our high tunnel (unheated greenhouse) shortly. I'm drooling just thinking about garden fresh tomatoes again! 

A day of discovery...

FFF Photo a Day - Day 31

Today we took nineteen kids on a day of discovery. Thanks to a grant from FCC we were able to take all the kids in our 4H club to the Food and Farm Research Centre just south of Winnipeg. 

Many of the kids live in towns and have not given much thought to where their food comes from. They were able to explore how pigs and dairy cows are raised, ground their own flour to make bread and explored the eggs-citing world of chickens!