Farm-sitting, Day 5

Farming with live animals is a 7 day a week legal form of slavery.  -- George Segal

The last day of farm-sitting....

   

The bell at Beech Hill Farm by Vicki

We found out how to herd turkeys the right way.

After one evening of picking up 30 to 40 turkeys by hand and putting them in the coop, we discovered the secret. 

It's called a stick.  So, all you folks who are planning to farm-sit with turkeys, write this down.  You start early evening, make "cheep-cheep" noises and walk around with the stick poking into the bushes and then holding it low to the ground doing a slightly majestic sweeping motion, and all of the junior Jurassic Parkees will run into the coop.

Barry herding with stick

Icons of the farm...

Hens de-cooping

Garden

Not your mama's "Farmies."

Yo Mary Lou, these babies never made it out of the trunk.

Farm sayings/observations...

    *  To laugh is human, to moo is bovine.  -- author unknown

    *  Something about a just-born egg that commands you to do something with it.  - Vicki Lathom

Impressions....

Farming is a mix of science, art and sweat.  It smells like a mix of vinegar and wood chips.
A farm table is as likely to have a Gun and Garden magazine as a book on how to make Kombucha. 
Farming gives you a sense of awe to see how food is made and how dependent the animals are on humans.  . 
A farmhouse is arranged so that things are functional and not for "looks

Now, back through the portal....

Now we need to hire some humming birds for our new Annapolis feeder.

That's all folks.  Until the next adventure.