Our new chicks are in and are officially the cutest little ladies ever! I’ll post more about how we plan to build a new brooder and expand the chicken run to accommodate our 9 new cuties (3 Ameraucanas, 3 Australorps & 3 Buff Orpingtons) , but for now, let’s just enjoy the cuteness for a bit… Yay for backyard chickens and…
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Tomato & Pepper Sprouts
These little guys have popped up among a few of the seeds I’ve started in anticipation of warmer days… Yellow Taxi Tomatoes Green Bell Peppers Since I’ve gotten such an early start, right now I’m just putting a few seeds in pods every week or so (kind of as an experiment). These guys will get thinned as soon as their…
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Harvest Monday
Happy Monday, everyone! I didn’t crack open the wagons this week…just been bombarded with finding the new balance between home, work, school and life in general. Given this, the only tiny little harvest we have to report is… Yep! Greens!!! This weeks totals: Mixed Greens = 1 itty bitty ounce Eggs = 15 Really, what this little harvest means is…
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Here’s my very first Independence Days post! I’ve found that I’ve struggled a bit with what should actually be written here for a couple of reasons. 1) There are things we have gotten in the habit of doing and now we just do them without really thinking about it. This is a good thing, no doubt, and interesting to reflect on. 2)…
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Independence Days Challenge
I have signed on to participate in the Independence Days Challenge over at The Chatelaine’s Keys and I am very excited about it! I’ve seen it mentioned before, but it wasn’t active (again) until now! I’m looking forward to tracking all that we’re doing, because despite all the busy-ness of it all, sometimes it just doesn’t feel like much. The…
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Growing Herbs Indoors
Each year that I have planted a garden, I have planted at least a few herbs and teas…Basil, chamomile, echinacae, dill, oregano, kota, sage…The first year: nothing. The second year: we put in the mint and it did great. The third year (last year): a little bit of basil and a lot of mint.Definitely not sufficient. I’m not sure what…
