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just found me a John Deere 1240 4 row 38" planter for $600. It's going to plant an acre of sweet corn next year!

my best potatoes I've grown in years! there wasn't a lot but the were big. they had 3-7 potatoes per plant and have dug 51 lbs so far. I have my russets and about a 1/4 of Yukon gold's to dig yet but they're not ready.

I planted 6 lbs of red Norland, Yukon gold's and russets.

also have the majority of my onions picked. not a lot of size to them this year but a lot of them and no signs of rot or mold in any of them.

my blue hooker's corn has finished, some really good ears and some not so much. it's definitely the shortest variety corn I've grown, a good 2 months shorter than bloody butcher or glass gem. can't wait to try it in corn bread and tortillas!!!

some tomatoes are also finally ripping!

this years sweet corn! picked about half the patch today, some really good ears. planted a pound of seed this year and next year I'm stepping in up to a full acre, roughly 10 times the size.

and the turkeys approved! they had to come inspect it

went to check on the pigs and they were both sleeping in the mud hole!

they sure have made a muddy slop!

gotta make sure the bacon seeds stay cool on these hot days! also got a start on the new mud hole

I'm new to turkeys and I'm not positive on their sex.

they are bronze heritage turkeys and are 10 week old.

the one is clearly a tom and he's constantly strutting around.

the other two I'm not positive about. their heads say Tom's to me but the head features aren't as pronounced as the other one and they have never shown their tail or strutted around. also the other one watches over the other 2 like my male geese do with the females.

I think they're just slower to develop males and not females especially since they've lost most of the feathers on their head and neck but I'm not sure as I say I'm a rookie to turkeys, these are my first 3 turkeys ever.

welp another downside to raising animals, just started seeing signs of mange in my piglets.

not the greatest pictures but the spotted one you can see the irritated skin on her belly and back legs and on the darker one you can see the fuzzy feet and some matted crusty bits, almost looks like dried up mud.

had to go to the vet and get 2 shots, can't remember the exact name but basically a injectable ivermectin, and some prolate spray

they sure hated the shot but 2 minutes later they loved the bananas and were happy again!

just a reminder to keep an eye on your pigs, it's way easier to treat mange in the early stages then when it completely takes over

had a bad storm roll through this morning and flattened and damage a lot of the garden,

potatoes are all flat but at least I don't see any snapped stems so they should recover.

three varieties of corn flattened, blue hooker's, glass gem and bloody butcher, a lot of it should stand back up but it's going to be a twisted mess and won't yield as good, just have to wait and see how it recovers in the next few days.

lost 6 broccoli plants, the stems snapped, and the rest are leaning hard but should survive.

my garlic is completely flat and most tops snapped so I'll be picking it all early tonight and see what's salvageable

about the only thing that didn't get damaged that bad are my tomatoes and peppers.

the wind was strong enough that it bent and popped the chain on the garden gate. it was a cheep crappy chain but I still can't believe it broke.

one of the downfalls/frustrating things about homesteading and gardening. it about makes me want to cry but you just gotta roll with the punches and keep moving forward and look at the positives. at least no of the animals got injured or killed and no major damage to any buildings or the house.

just finished the new duck and goose brooder!

it's mostly out of salvaged lumber but I did buy about $50 of new lumber. screws, miscellaneous hardware and tires was $150. the chicken wire, tin and steel was also all salvaged.

the old hog hut that I used for the roof of the house was the last hog hut from when my dad ran a 60 head hog breading operation in the 80s

the windows were out of an old pickup topper.

the brooder has a wood floor to help keep the babies clean and dry and I have a temp controller on 2 heat lamps to keep them warm.

for right now I'm just using turn buckles to raise and lower the wheels but I have two 12v 1000 lb actuators that I will use instead once I get the solar system set up. it will be nice to just flip a switch to the raise the wheels.

it's heavy but easy to move with just a dolly under the front and the wheels are close to the balance point but I also made a detachable hitch for moving it long distance with the tractor, it also just barely fits on a car trailer so if I move it to a different property I can load it up.

I don't have any plans, I just kind of winged it when I was building it. I made it to fit on a car trailer, just tall enough I cab walk without ducking and the brooder size was made to the hog hut size.

and before anyone says the chicken wire isn't strong enough, I don't have issues with predators and this is inside one of my duck pastures that's fenced in with an electric fence. it's just mainly to keep them in and keep the cats out.

I have 2 belle of Georgia and 2 June prince peaches. this year will be there 3rd year planted. last year I got a handful of peaches on all four trees and was expecting a good crop this year.

the two belle of Georgia peaches came back just fine this spring and are currently loaded with tiny peaches but one is starting to loose a few leaves on the lower branches and has a few spots that sap is leaking out, what should I do to help this tree? I spray the trees with liquid seven 4 or 5 times a year.

the 2 June prince peaches started to set a few leaves on this spring but never more than just a few branches, I was hoping they were just slow waking up but it's been long enough and warm enough that's not the case. I guessing they're done for. there are just a few bug holes and the whole trunk feels solid. what could have killed the two June prince trees or what could I have done wrong.

they are all in a row and I also have several apple, pear, plums and cherry trees and those are all doing great. I did lose my cold hardy figs and a few blackberries this winter tho.

any advice, tips or good resources on growing peach trees would be much appreciated! thank you

first picture is of one of each tree, the second is the sap leaking on the belle of Georgia peach and the 3rd and 4th are of the June prince trunk and one alive branch.

the ducks and geese have started hatching and I have the best supervisor!

she was born last fall and it's her first time seeing baby birds. she's been watching the incubator like a hawk and every time one hatches she comes and finds me all excited or will start meowing.

she also loves sitting on the window sill and watching the babies play, she figured out if she climbs on top of the brooder it spooks them so she sits on the window sill now so she doesn't spook them and the incubator is just on the other side so she can keep an eye on both.

sold 15 beaver today to GFW and got $295.

had a about 20 hours in everything and after expenses I made a about $13 an hour. I caught all these within 4 miles of my house which definitely helps keep gas costs down and as a bonus I have about 200 lbs of beaver meat in the freezer