Checking In

 It's WINDY today!

They were saying 30-40 mph with

higher gusts...

It's currently registering 28 mph

on my phone app,

but it FEELS windier than that....

It was a breezy drive into town today!

But we got some fertilizer at Home Depot

and then drove to the nursery and got

some more fertilizer and a tentative date

for when they are getting delivery

of their seed potatoes and onion sets.

When we got home, I started a tray

of chive seeds.

Hopefully they germinate!

Meanwhile,

yesterday Rod and I made a run

up to the farm to get some little

pots for our tomatoes when it's time

to get them out of the seed trays.

(Not yet...)

We are at that part of the build where it looks

like NOTHING is happening.

But Kyle is busy running

LOTS of wires in all the walls

and up in the ceiling.

He got all the exhaust fans in the

two bathrooms, and the boxes for all

the lights in the ceilings.

And then he took yesterday "off" and

mowed one of the pig pastures,

pulled a drag through all 4 pastures

(to knock down the poop),

installed a solar powered door in

the chicken coop and made them a

little wooden ramp to get in and out...

and then dragged the coop out to

the pig pasture so they can work

on spreading the poop and eating

all the fly larvae.

He said this morning the door opened,

and he could see little heads peeking

out but then deciding the big wide world

was just too scary.

So nobody had come out yet.

The easter eggers have been out on

grass (in our yard) but the new babies

have never even SEEN the outside world.

I'm going to order some new nest boxes

to install in there.

They will hopefully start laying in the

next couple of weeks.

Kyle said with the warmer weather,

he's finally getting some eggs.

Whew!

(We didn't BUY any eggs this week

for the first time all winter!)

***Update!! Kyle just gathered 7 eggs.

6 brown, which means 5he new girls have

already started laying!

He brought Bear out with him.

He likes to play with Pebbles and BamBam.

They look like they are eating each other,

but it's all in fun.

He's always excited to go out there,

so he must be ok.