Peas A Poppin

This morning I checked on the field after the rain the previous night.  The ground was moist, but the first thing that caught my eye was a pea that had popped out of a hole propelled by the taproot growing downward leaving a little pock mark.  I saw several others.  Many peas seemed like they did nothing.  I picked one up and the spot that was touching the ground had turned white and felt mushy like something was underneath.  When Josh and I walked into the field we scared out a bunch of crows.  They were no doubt feasting on the seeds broadcast the day before.

We talked about making a scarecrow cemented into a five gallon bucket for portability.

I had seen this story about a man's Halloween decorations that got people looking, and it was the first image that popped to mind as we discussed scarecrows.

It looks like the chickens have stopped laying as the weather has gotten colder.  I am investigating lighting options.  A relatively local farmer who has roughly 4000 birds slaughters them before winter time because the cost of heating the extremely large coop isn't worth the eggs produced.  I stopped by the local big box store for some groceries; eggs and milk particularly.  I picked up some drinking glasses.  After looking at sets of all sorts of different designs, I saw stacked individually "Aristocrat Cooler 88 cents."  Sold.  Pulling them from the rack, I see something underneath.  "God's Simple Plan of Salvation," read the glossy folded full color pamphlet.  I don't know if the glasses look like a drinker would like them or why specifically that place was chosen, but it was definitely a good find.

By the time I got home the sun was just setting at the front of the house.  I ran inside, grabbed the camera, and went to the back field.  I really wanted a picture of the pea I had seen earlier popping up like a mushroom.  It was very dark.  The pictures taken tomorrow will improve significantly.  

These are not the peas we are looking for.

A more visible green spec starts to emerge from the seed.

The chickens in the incubator are coming along.  They are 5 days now.  The temperature seems to be perfect, and I keep adding water to the pan at the bottom as it evaporates.  It kinda smells.  I would like to move it out to the building sometime soon.