Chicks!

The chicks arrived one day early.....

which kind of messed up my

schedule for the week......

We got 30 little black stars.

Sex linked, so they are guaranteed females.

And this is a hybrid that is bred for

early maturity. They start laying early,

maybe March?

Anyhow.

After we got them all set up,

we checked on the piglets.

They are getting bigger!

Check out those giant okra in the background!

Then down to the garden to see what there

was left to harvest.

The flowers are looking pretty.

The okra is HUGE.

I'm going to spend next week cutting them down and

adding them to the mulch pile.

There are sweet potato vines under them,

so maybe in a couple weeks I'll dig them up.

Fingers crossed there's something under there!

And check out the ONE sprig of lilac Kyle

found on my bushes along the back alley!

It smells HEAVENLY!!!!!

(Also some basil, basil flowers, and onions....)

Looks like we just bought a used dump truck!

So a trip to Nebraska is on the books

for next week....

Never a dull moment.