Today the Good Lord blessed us with a half inch of rain. Our pasture needed it and our plants needed it. Rain is a refreshing thing. It is amazing how much things will grow and perk up after just a little shower. I have some Purple Hull Peas and Black-eyed Peas Planted and they burst forth with beautiful lavender and white blooms and began loading up with pea pods.
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| Beautiful Blooms |
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| More blooms |
There are some that are ready to harvest and bring inside and shell. Nothing like eating some peas over rice.
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| Ready to harvest |
Cow peas aren't the only thing to respond favorably to some rain. The orange trees put on fresh new growth in appreciation of the precipitation.
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| Fresh Growth |
After walking around looking at the results of the rainfall, I realized that plants aren't the only things that like water. Our hens have really labored through the hot, dry summer. When I fill the water troughs, some of them jump right up on the edge and have a drink. Chickens have an odd way of drinking. They take a sip of water and then turn their heads skyward with their beaks partially open as they swallow it.
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| Shall we gather by the river? |
Pretty soon we had a nice crowd around the water trough. The three hens on the trough itself are called Black Stars. Black Stars are a cross between a Rhode Island Red and a Barred Rock. The white bird on the right is an Aracauna rooster.
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| I got my toes in the water... |
We're always thankful when we get a nice refreshing rain. Again, thank you, LORD, for the rain!
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