Squab-ble and more

Squab-ble: I have a pair of baby pigeons, squabs, in a floor nest in the stock loft (see recent post "New Arrivals" for a picture). My oldest pigeon, a nine year old hen, has a floor nest about a foot away from the nest with the babies. The nine year old hen really really wants to be a Momma pigeon, so she stole one of the babies yesterday morning. Later in the day when the cocks took over the nests both babies were back together in their original nest. This morning however the nine year old hen had both babies in her nest. She's determined! And the babies are being fed very well.

Bzzz: Our fields consist mostly of fescue and clover, with a few weeds/wildflowers/native grasses thrown in. Clover improves the soil and is good forage material, I think it's a legume. Bees love clover and we have tons and tons of wild bees. Honey bees and bumble bees mostly. I wish I knew where the hives were. In the future we will definitely have some bee hives.

Roof: Last weekend and this week in the evenings we worked to install a new roof on the barn. That was hard work! We've now got a new bright and shiny silver metal roof that measures 36' x 30'. I still need to put up some flashing on the sides but the barn is "in the dry" (and the precious hay contents).

Yellow: Debby reports victory against the vicious yellow jackets that made a nest in the ground near the house. It took two pots of boiling water and one pot of soapy water poured into the nest over a couple of days but the yellow jackets are now gone.