Extra garden space

Hubby has a P-patch!

A guy stopped him while he was grocery shopping the other night to ask if he gardened. Strange question from a stranger - but it was because the local community garden has wheelchair accessible plots. Badda Bing Badda Boom he now has 2 of them!

procrastinators anonymous

It is time for the chicks to move out.

High Ho High Ho to Home Depot we go.

We saw plenty of fence, wood, t poles, etc on the free listings around town, but we never got around to calling for them. Or we would see a free sign on plywood down the road and decide to pick it up after dinner. . . by then it was gone.

But here is what got done today after we got home:

Mesha wasted no time putting her Barbie chair inside once the girls got home from school. The plan is to put on a front porch - mostly as a place to put her chair. She has nominated herself as hen caretaker.

Adolescence

Silver Cuckoo Maran

Buff Polish Crested

It's not pretty

weighty subject

On a whim I weighed the chicks today.

3 Cornish (Quesadilla, Cacciatore, & Dumpling) 10.2, 8.7 and 5.4 oz respectively

Silver Cuckoo Maran 5.7 oz

Black Cuckoo Maran 5.2 oz

Brown Leghorn 4.6 oz

Buff Polish Crested 4.4 oz

Speckled Sussex 4.3 oz

Ameraucana 3.4 oz

What a range - keep in mind the Cornish and the Americana are a few days younger than the rest.

egg vs meat pullets

chicks & chicks

First up Mesha with the Ameraucana chick. We suspect she is a bantam given how much smaller she is than the other pullets.







Juju and the Brown Leghorn see eye to eye

Just when I was ready to give up on seeds . . .

Squash & Melons in TP tubes (idea- I vaguely recall- from the book Grow Great Grub)

Basils - Lemon, Opal, Cinnamon & Genova (in re-purposed yogurt and sour cream containers)
You can barely see them, but the Brandywine & Green Zebra tomatoes, and both the purple and green varieties of tomatillo are also sprouting in the often reused party cups