Yesterday we went out to the farm and were excited to see that the soy is growing.  Mike planted a few weeks ago, and the seedlings are coming up nicely.  Pat's vegetable garden is growing well.  She has cucumbers, zucchini, tomatoes, corn, watermelons, beans, etc. growing.  We have had a lot of rain in the last week, so there has been no problem with lack of water.

We met Jay, our renter, who told us that he has seen herds of deer, with around 30-40 deer in the herd, run through the fields.  He plans to hunt and said he would let us have some of the venison to make biltong.  We got the low down from Owen Kahn on how to best make biltong, and are excited to try this out.  We are also hoping to be able to use some homegrown, grass
fed, beef once Jay (the cattleman) gets going with the cattle on the farm.  He has been redoing the fencing, which is looking much better.  The heavy rains have delayed him some, but he is working on the steadily.  He is planning to have about 40 head of cattle on the farm.  The meadow is getting a bit overgrown, so there should be plenty for the cows to graze on.

So far we have seen red-winged blackbirds, gold finches, cardinals, chickadees on the farm.

Pat's Vegetable garden with the pond in the background

The Zucchini growing - with blossoms.

Thistles growing in the meadow

The soy growing in the fields

Another view of the Thistles, they are quite something!