Make Hay While the Sun is Shining !

The old saying, May Hay While the Sun is Shining, is going on here.  We have a lot of Prairie grass and so we have been cutting it for the rabbits to eat and to also use for nesting material. 
First Brent got out on the tractor with the brush hog and mowed it down. Then he raked it up in rows.  He would go out once or twice a day and turn it so it would all dry. Then a few nights ago we went out there and with a large trash can and some twine made some grass bales.  Before that we just put it in feed sacks with a lot of holes in the sacks .

My garden did not produce the way I had hoped. The tomatoes are still growing well, as is the little bit of corn I planted.  Yesterday I got out and pulled out all the onions and all the garlic.  I finally have a great crop of Onions. I am so excited.  I have also been digging up new potatoes and picking some Zucchini.  The lettuce, Kale, Radishes, carrots and broccoli which I had been able to harvest from was eat up by the Grasshoppers.  UGH~~~~~~
An then there is the unexpected crop of turnips we have.  I am going to try and cook some to see if we like them.

We finally have all the fence put up.  Which is great because I noticed the other day that the neighbor across the street that has all the dogs took their fence down.  Now all we have to do is remember to keep the gate closed and then we also want to go around it and put down some stakes in the ground around the bottom part of the wire to hold it down.

The Grow out on the floor of the barn and their two buddies , Trampas and Betsey are getting along great as you can see by the photos below. The kitties are going out and exploring a lot more and going out farther than they had been. Yesterday they even made it out to the duck yard and were running around and playing in there with them.  But when it gets hot, they head back yo the barn where it is cooler and take their naps there.
The big brown Rex that lives on the floor out there has been breed and trying to decide where she is going to make here nest.  She dug one hole, but then covered it up. So not sure where she is going to have here babies if she is indeed preg.

The outside rabbits are doing great and loving their dirt pile we gave them.  They dig and lay all over it and play Queen of the hill.  One of their burrows has gotten much bigger by looking at the size of the dirt pile outside.
Billy the rabbit that runs around was inside for a few days and while he was his girlfriend came looking for him.  If you look close in the picture below you will see a little cotton tail out by the grow outs in the middle of the day. 

When we are out working both dogs usually come out with us by before long they end up just laying down. Robin said nope, This is as far I am going and Fred usually just runs back to the house to lay down on the porch.  Robin is loving the country life!

Until next week!
The 2 Moore's Ranch