New chicken coop

Well, here it is, finally (almost) finished. The feeders have been hung by now and the chickens have moved in. They are getting used to having a "real' coop vs the lean-to that they had before. There is still some outside trim work but that can come later, no real rush. Now I would like to get a couple more chickens, but a different breed. I don't want to start with chicks since I would have to keep them seperate for awhile. Checking craigslist to see if I can find some buff orpington or black astrolop pullets. We will see.

Decrative landscaping

I have one garden bed in the front yard which has always been flowers, this fall I decided to go to vegetables. So radish, lettuce, red kale, cabbage, brocoli and swiss chard.

Feeling like a farmer

It has been a crazy week. Yard is busy, finishing the new chicken coop and running to feeds stores to pick up feed, compost, potting soil, etc... I have to go pick up grape vines soon and figure out how I am going to plant them with the lettuce still in the bed. So much to do and so little time, considering I work a normal 40 hr work week job. Since there is only lettuce, spinach, radishes and a few other things I will probably hold off going to Farmers' Market at least one more week to finish painting the chicken coop and maybe even prep the last garden bed from fall, mow the new rye grass against the fence and fill the rope totes with soil for the potatoes. Plus there are seeds to start, woodturing to do, etc....
It will get done. I am just glad it is a 3 day weekend. :)

A New Year

Well, it is a new year and a new title for the blog. Since I now have chickens plus the garden I thinking I am starting to have my own micro farm in the backyard. I hope to post more often this upcoming year with some help from some new technology that I have recently acquired. For now here is a picture of what is growing in one of the beds. Lettuce, spinach, beets, radishes and agrulua.

Enjoy!