Spring has sprung!

Spring has sprung and so has my garden! Everything is growing wonderfully now that the temps have warmed up and we've had some rain! I love watching things grow! Even  chickens!

Happy Easter! 

Garden Update-New Sprouts!

New sprouts in the garden!

Pumpkins

Squash

Collards

Beans

 Purple Hull Peas

Yellow stringless beans

Pumpkin

T-Shirt Memory Pillow

I made these cute T-Shirt Memory Pillows for a friend of a friend who lost her son.  These were made for his mom, his baby, his wife, and his best friend, I think. Anyway, I made the pillow inside and stuffed it, then did the embroidery, cut the t-shirt and sewed the neck hole shut, then sewed the embroidered part on the front of the cut t-shirt using a zigzag stitch. Sewed a zipper at the bottom and sewed up the sides. Put the t-shirt on the pillow and wahlah! Here you have it...

Chicks are getting bigger

The chicks are getting bigger and messier than ever!  I have to clean their brooder (rabbit cage!) every couple of days.

Today on the Farm

The garden beds are all planted and ready to sprout! This is where the bulk of the work is done in our garden.  Tilling the soil, making rows, filling it in with chicken manure and potting soil. Then planting seeds and transplanting seedlings and mulching.  We are using hay for mulch this year. I can't wait to see this green and growing!

Check out this grub!

Moving composted manure from the chicken coop into the garden beds.

My miniature roses that my daughter gave me a few years ago for Mother's Day are already budding!

The chicks are now about a week and half old.  We lost three but everyone else seems to be thriving.

So everything is going well on the farm!