Chickens are dirty birds. They poop everywhere and then they kick their poop everywhere else while scratching around for food and bugs. We probably don’t clean out their coop as often as we could (I’ve read that some people clean out their coops every single week while we do ours every few months), but I think the dry weather…
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Garden Happiness(es)
The first cosmo! “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up! So…I guess I’ll just hang out down here with the squash…” Bush beans Broccoli! The bush beans are out of control! The butternut squash is getting huge and starting to change colors! More sunflowers! These guys are about 10 feet tall! Honey Boat Delicata squash This is supposed to be…
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I’ve had my first sting! Yep, I’m 34 and have never been stung by a bee before! Maybe it’s my name??? Oh well! It was an accident. I was harvesting some tomatoes, squatted down and didn’t realize that a little bee had landed on my calf. As I went down, so did his stinger, straight into my calf. Poor little…
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Harvest Monday
Happy Monday everyone!!! We’re starting to see a little more color in our harvests, though not as much as I’d like! Turns out that one of the mystery tomatoes that was transplanted and not labelled is another Yellow Taxi!!! Ah well! A tomato is a tomato and I am grateful for the taste of it regardless of its color! Our…
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The Evolution of a Single Bean
I am killing some time in garden, waiting for the temps to fall just a bit before putting in some of our fall/winter crops. This bed holds broccoli in back (“this is just a test…”), buck wheat in the middle and a trio mix of bush beans in front. The trio beans were given to us by our friend Carol…
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When you keep chickens, you have to take care of them. You have to water them, clean out their coop, feed them and collect their eggs. You can also ooohhh and aaahhh over the chick cuteness, pick them up, pet them, give them treats and laugh at their antics, but those are happy options and not necessities. We jumped into…
