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Everything Horses and Livestock Magazine
Kansas Summertime
Can you believe that half the year is already over?
Lots of rain and trying to get the hay put up dry has
been our life this summer. The guys have roped
the minute the pen gets dry and then a down pour
comes and it’s another few days of wet...Now its
Hot and dry, welcome to Kansas!
We’ve enjoyed some beautiful evenings with cool
summer breezes and I do love summer time even
with the heat, much better than snow. I’m not really
complaining.
How are your garden’s doing this year? I don’t put
very much in due to our crazy schedule so I really
want my efforts to count. My tomato plants are be-
hind this year as they are just now producing toma-
toes. They are still small and far from being big and
ripe..guess we’ll have some good fall eating!
One of my gardening items
that did super well this year
was our blackberries. The
stems went wild and are
healthy and huge. The berries
are bigger than ever and so
tasty. I made a wonderful pie
for our July 4th gathering and it turned out fantastic.
Ok don’t laugh, this was my first attempt at lacing
my pie crust..no so good. I definately did not inherit
my mom or sister Pamela’s awesome baking skills.
At least I tried. Like I tell my husband sometimes
when my cooking projects don’t do so good, hey
remember...you didn’t meet me in the kitchen, you
met me in the roping pen. Better food presentation
would have been fun, but at least it tasted yummy.
The blackberry plants were making so many berries
I was harvesting about 4 cups per day. Of course
between my mother and I eating while we pick, I
have about one pie’s worth in the freezer for winter.
Restocked on chickens again....
I love to watching the
chickens and turkeys
chasing bugs and run-
ning around the barn
yard.
This year we have had
our share of coyotes
trying to get a free chick-
en dinner. I’m keeping
the birds penned up as they show up at all hours,
even during the afternoon. We’ve had them laying
under the fruit trees like domestic dogs, like they
“live” here too. The chickens are pretty good at
telling on them with their warning squaks. Our dogs
in the house will start having a fit when they hear
the chickens start their tattle-telling. Make sure and
step aside as the dogs bust thru the doggie door
heading out for the morning chase.
One coyote wasn’t to scared by them and turned
to fight. I headed for the rifle but by the time we got
back out there he had hit the high road.
Watch out you big Coyotes...your day is coming!
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