Ah, it feels good to report the huge amount of seed that I sowed today in anticipation of tonight's rain.  Winter squash galore, soybeans, multicolored sweet corn, zucchini, sunflowers, broom corn, and lastly mangels and oats intended for the livestock.  This is half of my last big push of direct sowing.  Now I can focus on subsequent rotations of all the greens like arugula, spinach, lettuce and even radish.  I really lilke growing basil directly from seed in the field rather than using started plants.  It is so much more robust with an incredible root system.   I confess that I love seeds, so I find myself sowing them all year round.  I have a knack I suppose.  The other half of direct sowing will include other beans, cukes, and assorted herbs.  Hopefully I'll be sowing tomorrow afternoon after harvesting for the first CSA share distribution and the Cazenovia Farmer's Market.  All this jockeying goes along with me needing to do all tasks in two hour increments found around Fern's needs.  I'm getting much better at it.   Woo-hoo!
    Our dogs flushed a woodcock fledgling last night during our evening walk around the farm.  It was pretty big, with its distinctive curved beak and spherical body.  This is the third year in a row that I've seen fledglings.   It was fun looking them up in a key to find out their name.  We are continually finding new life forms on our farm, even after five years of ownership.  We just found a Mapleleaf Viburnum near the goat enclosure, and promptly made sure it was protected from Peach and Plum.  It is rewarding to know all this diversity was there, and that it hasn't went anywhere.   

 

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