Our lives changed Friday with the edition of eight chicks and two goslings. Leslie went to buy only 3 chickens. Thank goodness they are small chicks so they all fit into the coop that we built. But the two goslings were a surprise. The male is already huge at one month old. They are still puff balls and are just starting to get tail feathers. We love them even though they want to be with us all the time.
Leslie has finally moved out to the bunkhouse to help care for the menagerie. Which means she has to get up at 0530 like everyone else. And with Leslie came Gwen who gets to spend all of her time outside. She has also had to get up early which she doesn't seem to mind. She just wishes it got dark sooner because she is exhausted by 1830.
All the plants are doing well. We have even planted sweet corn which is just starting to come up. Hopefully it continues to rain every night like it has been because it would take quite a while to water everything by hand. Mike installed another 55 gallon rain barrel increasing our capacity to over 110 gallons. We have been going to a large open air farmers market by us and purchased fruit trees each time we have gone.
We'll continue to keep everyone posted on our successes as the house goes up.
