4/14/10 spring time garden

Working a little along to get my garden back in order. I planted Swiss Chard and Spinach and covered it with a row cover. I was surprised to uncover it today and find such lovely plants. I ended up picking 4 baskets of chard and 2 baskets of spinach.



Colorful Swiss Chard

Broccoli and Cabbage. Rosemary in the pot.

April 8- new chicks

Russell and Jeff went to the post office this morning and pick up 800 chicks. I think the postal employees were glad to have them off their dock. 800 chicks make a lot of noise! 300 of the chicks went home with a friend, Todd Brown. Russell and Jeff had the job of unboxing the remaining 500 chicks. They were divided up in to 12 brooder boxes with heat lamps to keep them warm and food and sugar water. We have 100 Cornish Rock Cross chicks which will be our meat chickens and 50 Golden Comets that will be our laying chickens. The rest will be to sell.


A cute little Barred Rock chick.


A handful of fluff...2 Cornish Rock Chicks in Jeffs hands


Trying out the new watering system we installed this spring.


Happy chicks staying warm in the brooder pen.

Pig kissing 3/2010

Sunny Cedars Farm provided the pig for the Tuomey pig kissing contest. This is an annual fundraiser for the March of Dimes. A dollar will buy one vote for your favorite Tuomey employee. The 5 employees with the most votes get to kiss a pig. March 26, we caught Miss Penny and brought her in the house and gave her a good scrubbing. Once with "people shampoo" and once with dog shampoo. She really objected to being in the water but she sort of liked the scrubbing. Dr Grier was the recipient of the most votes.

Miss Penny after her spa treatment.

Comforting a nervous piggy.

Dana Oxendine from L&D and her daughter, Marley who wanted to kiss the pig, as well.


Dr. Grier holding Penny.