Farmer Life 168

 On the exam table after his pain meds. Jackal woke us up at four am this morning screaming in pain. It scared me to death. I thought he dying . When he stood up he wouldn't put weight on his left front leg and it was obvious he was injured. He was fine when we went to bed so I was baffled about how he could hurt himself. I was afraid his leg was fractured or something, but we couldn't feel anything. Hubby palpated him and said the pain was coming from higher up around his back or shoulder. We got him laying down and kept him still while hubby massaged him and I called vets. Our vet wasn't available so we scheduled to take him to the vet who treated the horses for the grass staggers over new year's day. When we got there hubby had to carry all sixty three and a half pounds of Jackal inside to the exam table while he screamed in pain. I was useless, just crying and following them. The vet examined him and took his temp. He agreed it was higher up. When he lifted Jackal...

This is how our garden started a month ago... Below is two weeks ago....  Below is yesterday and today!!  Waist high or higher in spots!  That's all with just rain and natural fertilizer (thanks Chrome!)!  He only had to start watering it this weekend because it's been really dry all week. We've already harvested fifteen pounds of zucchini, yellow squash and cucumbers as of tonight!  This is the only picture I have of it though because we've been sharing it with my parents and grandparents and he's been eating it like crazy.  I'm holding out for the watermelon, acorn squash, butternut squash and spaghetti squash! I just made him write a list of everything he planted... here it is. Turban Pumpkin Golden Acorn Squash Delicata Squash Waltham Butternut Squash Spaghetti Squash Pink Banana Squash Green Cushaw Squash Sweet Dumpling Squash Candy Roaster-North Georgia Squash Seminole Pumpkin Upper Ground Sweet Potato Yellow of Paris Pumpkin Amish Pie Squash Other mi...

I read seven books in May.  I started off strong, but then slowed down toward the end of the month.  I finished the Queen's Blade series by TC Southwell quickly and then had to take a bit of a break.  I'm not going to write about them individually because I don't want to get so detailed that I give anything away.  :) Amazon link to author page HERE (so I don't have to link each individual book hehe) I wasn't going to read the two prequels to the Queen's Blade because I thought I wouldn't want to, but by the time I finished the first six books I had to read the last two.  I'm glad I did!! It filled in so much of the back story and I loved them just as much as the original series.  I'm normally not too big on prequels, but these were very accurate (a lot of times they have major discrepancies) and just as enjoyable.  I will say it again.. I LOVED this series.  It seriously has made it onto my top favorites list (along with other fantasy favorites li...