Short Update

I know its been a while since I posted last. We have been quite busy lately but also its been raining a ton! We have got more rain this year than I have ever seen in my life. My Carrots have been washed down to one end of the garden (part of them anyway). The rest of the crops are doing well especially the spinach and the leaf lettuce.

We decided to set up some of these old fence posts that were laying around and use them to decorate a bit of our yard. Brandy was given two pots of daffodils and we had some already growing so we put the fence there to accentuate them.

I have begun to work on a rock retaining wall out by the chicken coupe to hold the dirt back so that I can level the ground a bit to make way for the Rabbitry I am going to be building soon. Its been at this stage for a few days because of all the rain.
I realized I didnt show you the front of the chicken coupe the last time. It may not have been an accident...I didnt really finish to the point I was hoping...I didnt get the front painted. Its still at that point...kinda hard to paint when it rains every other day or 4 days in a row. But to explain the picture below: the big door is to go in...the little door is so the chickens can go in and out as they please...except for at night. I have a sliding door set up on a pulley system so when I want to open the door I pull a rope and it lifts the door up then I let the door down to close it. The door is up in the air to keep critters from getting in. The worst thing around here is the black snake and opossums.
This Blurry picture was an attempt to take a picture inside a very dark chicken coupe to show the nest boxes...you can also see one of the sassafras poles I used for a roost.
Below are the two girls who are about to have a litter each of babies. They should be born sometime this week or next. Should be fun.
Well not a whole heck of a lot to talk about but I thought I should at least update you. I still haven't got the laying hens because the darn places I have found are selling them for $10 each! That's way over priced and I have been told they can be had for 4 to 5 each. That's a big difference when you are looking to buy 30 chickens! Also we have someone who will be giving us a couple bani chickens...which we intend to use to set on the eggs we want to hatch out into chicks...they are the best mommas.

Anyway I hope you enjoyed.