Earlier this week I went out to gather up the escaped chickens from the orchard and found them down the driveway chattering away with a beautiful black rooster! This rooster was very interested in my girls and followed us back to the coop. I didn’t let him in the pen and tried to shoo him…
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Apples, Blackberries and Tomatoes, Oh My!
Its been a little more than three weeks since my last garden update and boy does a little fertilizer and new soil go a long way! The tomato plants have tripled in size and the leaves are a perky rich green. They’re even growing new little tomatoes!
Read MoreFeathered Beauties
The chickens have gotten so big! It seems like only yesterday they were little chicks. I guess in the same way, this pregnancy has flown by too. We have about a month left before the flock is old enough to begin laying eggs and a month or so after that I will have a new…
Read MoreGarden Update
The garden has been a huge disappointment so far this year. After two years of harvesting 100 pounds each summer I had big expectations this year, but it is not to be. We have been plagued by problems. Mostly of the small furry tunneling variety. The gophers are back and they have moved into the…
Read MoreGrowing Growing Garden
The garden is moving along beautifully. We are harvesting a couple tiny sweet strawberries every other day. I’m picking radishes almost daily as well. Our daughter loves to eat the peas right off the vine so none have made it back to the kitchen yet. They go straight from the vine into her mouth. I love…
Read MoreIntroducing the Chicks
When we moved to Sonoma county I really hoped that somehow we would be able to have chickens again. Even though they ate most of my ground vegetables and pounds of tomatoes I still loved watching them scratch the ground for bugs and fight over a pile of greens. Thankfully, we were lucky enough to…
Read MorePhoto Friday – In The Garden
I think we have a rooster on our hands. How many tomatoes do you see in this picture? I counted 25.
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Shoots and Roots 