Diary #837

I wanted to show y’all how big the turkey has grown; remember that when he arrived he wasn’t much bigger than the other chicks. That’s one of the other chickens who were still inside when he arrived in front of him in the video, so you can clearly see the difference. Of course as soon as I came outside with my phone he refused to either strut or vocalize, despite doing both regularly nearly every time I go into the coop; maybe I’ll get a video later so you can get the full effect. Just before I took this video I found the first pullet egg inside the henhouse, so all four of the new arrivals should be starting soon. I’ve already got lots of little green tomatoes, and it looks like my fruit trees and vines will be productive this year; given the forecast for the rest of this month, and the fact that we’ve only had a couple of days that could be called “hot” this year, it looks like it’s going to be a cool summer, more like the prevailing norms for the last few centuries. And I’m quite…