Are We Entering Autumn?

How the summer has flown by! The Young Family Ranch was a hotspot for summer goings-on. Activities included:

• Family Film Nights sponsored by a grant from the Child Abuse Prevention Act



• Backyard Poultry Workshop & screening of Chicken Run



• Resource Conservation District's Weaverville Summer Day Camp



• Lambs and Turkeys raised by FFA students



• Improvements of the Property (weatherized windows, accessible parking space and ramps, a new well, a new chicken coop)

As August comes to a close with chilly mornings and occasional rain showers, the ranch is becoming a bountiful food source! The chickens continue laying gorgeous eggs; the vegetable garden is putting out tomatoes, peppers, tomatillos, and beans (pumpkins and corn are on their way!); the perennial garden has grapes ripening on vines and splendid artichoke flowers in bloom; onions and garlic fresh from the earth have been hung to dry; and those magnificent sunflower blossoms, will they yield tasty seed morsels?!