Turkey's and Trees

Turkey's
  I am so excited, after we went to the farmer's market on Saturday, we stopped at big acre feed store and they had turkey's.  Of course we bought some silly!!!!! Two of them to be exact.  We named them George and Martha Washington.  We're big on history over here.  We brought them home in a carboard box and they hung out there under the heat lamp while I got the brooder all ready and set up for them.  That's them in the picture, Napoleon doesn't understand, why they can't come out and play.  So, far they have weathered the first 24 hours just fine.  I love to watch them run across the brooder with their little wings extened.   (FYI- baby turkey's are called poults)

Farmer's Market
  Saturday morning, we headed out to the farmer's market in Flint, MI.  It has both an outside and an inside section.   Sadly, the indoor section was not really that impressive, they had some bakery's, a few stands that sold produce and flowers but it was basicly the same stuff you get in the store.  The few art booths that were there, were pretty cool and had some really cute stuff.  We did score a few local items, Cherry Wine made and bottled here in Michigan, My son got a cookie and we got some meatloaf mix and brat's made with Angus beef raised here in michigan with no hormones and no horrid living conditions.  We had the brat's tonight with some salad and the cherry wine for dinner.  It was very good.  After the market we went to tractor supply and of course big acre, where we got our wonderful turkey's.

Apple Tree's
  Well, Sunday we were just gonna hang out and relax and maybe hit the grocery store.  But, after breakfast we decided to go to our new all time favorite store, Tractor Supply (LOL) and get some fence posts, so we could start working on a fence for the turkey's and chickens.  Ended up going for a mini country Sunday drive (we missed our turn and decided to just keep going, you end up seeing the coolest things that way).  After lunch and the grocery store, the hubbs went back to the big acre feed store in Brighton and picked up 16 apple tree's (they were having a big sale).   We bought 8 Joanthan Apple trees and 8 Honeycrisp apple trees.

Ridgetop Farm
 Exciting things, are happening here at Ridgetop we are really on our way to having a farm.  Still to come is the chickens they will arrive in 5 weeks.  Also, still working on our garden plans and perhaps some bee's to help pollenate the orchard and the gardens.   We'll be planting the tree's and gardens once the ground warms up some more.  The hubbs and I are very excited about our farm, things are going well and my son is enjoying everything too.