Evening Peafowl Theater
Cast of characters:
Cici - Peahen, leading lady
Rain - Peacock, always trying to impress everyone, even the chickens
Winter - Peacock, distantly amused and always curious
Each one has recently reached the teenage hormonal stage.
Cici - Hey guys look over here.
Winter - Hey Rain, what is she going on about?
Rain - I dunno Winter. Why do we keep circling one another?
Winter - I dunno either but keep it up, I'm getting dizzy and I think Cici is impressed at our ability to go in circles.
Cici - OH! Someone just left a biscuit right here in the grass and it's my job to eat it. I guess those boys will just have to go hungry. š
Oh look!
New babies in the incubator.
Happy Friday everyone.
After a hard day of doing whatever it is that peafowl do all day, they prefer to walk home instead of flying.
I'm starting to think these three have jobs, or have formed a secret society, or something.
Cotournix quail babies are hatching!
9 hatched
13 more to go...
If you have ever wondered why someone might charge a little higher price for a young Pawpaw tree...
For starters, most large scale nurseries and big box stores will never carry them in their inventory, so that alone makes a Pawpaw tree a rare commodity and highly valuable tree.
Seeds are only available right after the very short harvest season (September).
These seeds must be cleaned of all pulp and rinsed of sugars (by hand).
The clean seeds must then be cold stratified for three months in a refrigerated environment. Every week of that three month period, the seeds must be stirred, or turned over to prevent mold and mildew from rotting the seeds.
After the winter simulated cold stratification the individual seeds are then placed in soil to germinate, where they can take as much as another three months to peek through the surface of the soil.
Six months from seed, to viable plant ready for sale.
That's a whole lotta love and time invested.
We have young Pawpaw seedlings available for sale right now, right here in historic Fountain Inn, South Carolina. These are ready for immediate transplant as Fall is right around the corner and the super long tap root is ready to stretch it's legs in some new digs.
Come on down to the Pawpaw patch and pick out a few to take home.
Please message us here on Facebook for details, pricing and directions.
Got some woods crops in the ground in time for the summer to wind down and fall to arrive.
I'm a boundary pusher. Lets see what pops up here next year.
What a better way to end the day than with a double rainbow over the farm.
Have a wonderful and blessed day.
Today I upgraded the compost method from using small batch 15 gallon drums, to the more traditional method of composting.
And I love it already š
No bee suit required.
These bees are focused on foraging and getting to know their new home.
Let the pollination begin!
