New Chicks Arrived...Very Early in the Morning!

We have decided to drastically increase our flock size for a couple reasons. First we would like to sell some eggs so others can enjoy them farm fresh and second it would be nice to have a few extra chickens around to eat - just in case. These little guys hatched yesterday.

We got 30 Plymouth Rocks (25 Hens 5 Roosters) and 7 Partridge Rocks (5 Hens and 2 Roosters)  I got the phone call from the post office that they had arrived at 4am. Picked them up and had them happy and warm in their brooder by 5 am.

Garden of 2012

We had a good gardening year! New this year are the cinder block rows which elevate the garden to a new level and provided deeper soil. Extra manure was added this spring along with a ton of compost. Shade was also added for the hot months. As you can see the extra work paid off. Tomatoes were very good this year with the extra rain we got. Cantaloupes were also very good.

Spring showers

It finally rained one Spring morning and I was so overjoyed that I thought I would have a little camera fun with the raindrops falling off of the side of the roof onto the tarp that is covering our water collection tanks.  Since I am not really experienced with our camera, I took a ton of pictures and saved the one or two that turned out amazing.
Jared had a tech fair at his work and some guy had a camera set up to take a picture every time a water droplet fell into a pan of colored water and snapped a picture.  That inspired me to use nature and my own camera when the opportunity presented itself.