New kids June 3

Peepers June 1

Peepers April 19

The farmstead is growing!

Well, the chicken eggs didn't hatch... :( Only one was fertile and the heatlamp went out two days before hatch day and the little chickie didn't survive. Got down to 61*-way too cold for an incubating egg... However we are now the proud parents of seven little chickens we raised from a week old and four teenage chickens we got from our local freecycle group. They're happily enjoying the coop and yard Dave built for them. The peepers we raised from babyhood are sweet as can be and love to jump in our laps for attention. The older ones are coming around but need a lot more socializing.
The garden's all tilled and planted and the recent rains have all kinds of little sprouts coming up. I'm anxious to see what we end up with at the end of the season. Hopefully I'll have enough to learn canning skills on. I consider this first year experimental so anything we get will be a bonus.