Monday, May 01, 2006


Saga Palm I grew from a baby & periennials to be planted around chicken pen. Posted by Picasa



Onions, potatoes, carrots, & lettuce. Posted by Picasa
Medicinal herbs ready to go in the herb garden IF it will stop raining long enough for us to build the bed.

Lemon tree growing in the greenhouse. Posted by Picasa
Thornless blackberry that I got from a local nursery. The owner gave it to me because it was not sprouting from the shoot but it did sprout so I'm going to hold it in the greenhouse until next spring. Posted by Picasa
New Pyrenees pup.
Boer twins. The little paint is a female we will keep. Posted by Picasa

Ducks! I have no clue what breed the yellow ducks are. I think they are some type of runner. The brown ducks are Campbells. They look a little ragged but are beginning to grow their adult feathers. Posted by Picasa

Chicks a week older. Posted by Picasa

The chicks arrived Tuesday morning safe and sound. All 30 of them. The hatchery was generous enough to include 3 extras. Posted by Picasa
Nesting boxes.
Roost with slide out compost catcher underneath.
Slide out for water and feed that we will eventually use. Right now the chicks have full range of the coop.
Outside view of the slide out that is under the roost. Posted by Picasa

Chicken yard that is 50x10
Main door to coop that opens into storage area and nesting boxes. There is a chicken wire window above the nesting boxes for viewing.
Door inside storage area that opens into the coop.
Storage area & nesting box lid to the right. Posted by Picasa



The coop and yard is finished. Currently the ducks have it all to themselves, well the yard that is. Posted by Picasa