Summer glorious summer

It has been a  while since we have posted and there is much to tell. We have been very busy indeed with gardens, grandchildren and new lives at our farm.
We have 2 lovely sheep , Emily and Charlotte. New to our farm and they already think they own the place. They were very intrigued with the cats and I was wishing I had a camera when they met one of the very small kittens only to get a smack.Shocked them for sure and gave me a chuckle .
We have 11 new chicks, went out one morning to let the birds out and there they were. We have had so many hens lay on eggs only to result in us throwing them away months later that we were nicely surprised that this crop actually hatched . They are lovely black and yellow.
We have more ducks in two varieties Runners and muscovies . So it is noisy and busy at our house . Sounds beautiful. We are digging a pond out back but will keep the canoe as everyoen seems to love swimming in it first thing in the morning . Especially the runners , they come out of the pen and jump right in . Delighted our grandchildren to no end. Lastly our gardens are doing wonderfully.Wow this has been the summer for gardens and I have been busy canning and drying . We should have a wonderfully full cold cellar this winter.The only crops that we will not have is our apples ,plums, peaches and pears. Sadly the frost took all of our fruit.So we will have to either buy or do without.  You may notice we have  bought smart phones, seems pretty modern but we need something portable and something we can post photos with. Not to mention our children finally broke us down. We use internet access to do research and these seem to be a good tool so far. We will see.
We are planning a weekend next July o hold an event inviting anyone wishing to attend to come and visit the farm and learn what we are doing. We are looking for anyone who wishes to participate. So artisans or teachers willing to come set up a booth/tent and help people learn they can indeed learn new things. We hope to educate people to what we are trying to do and what we will be doing in the future. We have enjoyed what we are doing very well and are perfecting what we are doing so when we retire in a couple of years we can do this full time and with more passion. So if you have any ideas please pass them along to us . It is still in the planning stages so ideas are more than welcome.
Well I shoudl go for now . Thank you all for reading this and keeping up with what we are doing enjoy the rest of this lovely summer and we will see you soon.
M