We've finished up the clapboarding and built the internal wall and door to keep the chickens out of the grain area, so today is move in day for the chicks!
Internal wall and door finished
View of the internal door from the outside
Putting in the shavings
All ready!
Getting ready to release the chicks
Releasing them!
Chicks getting used to the new digs
Got to stick close together!
Labels: chicken coop, chickens
A collection of what's in bloom around the farm.
Pink wildflower, not sure what it is...
Rock geranium
Grape (OK, it's not in bloom yet)
Yellow Iris
Purple Iris
Jacob's Ladder
Purple Lupine
Labels: flowers, wildflowers
Laurie did another stint clapboarding the coop, Max even helped a bit!
Front of the coop
Max and Laurie working on the coop
End of the coop
Labels: chicken coop
Laurie planted 5 rows of black beans and a row of sweet potatoes in the garden today.
Labels: gardening
Laurie's been hard at work getting the coop clapboarded, making good progress.
Clapboards on the back of the coop
Clapboards on the front of the coop
Labels: chicken coop
The chicks are doing great, they're starting to get their wing feathers and they have plenty of spunk and attitude.
Are you taking pictures of me??
See our lovely wing feathers?
Labels: chickens
Some more pictures of life on the farm. We learned today that it takes a lot of seed to cover our garden in green manure and we don't have nearly enough, that may be the end of that plan for this year.
Headed out to spread the seed with our new "mother's day" spreader
Spreader in action
Pak Choi still growing
Old clump of strawberries are looking good
Mulched row in the garden
New growth on one of our balsams
New basswood looking good
Beeches are holding on, but not thriving - lost one this winter
High-bush cranberry getting ready to bloom
Lovely locust
New willow and Roxie
Guarding the robin family
