WoW! It's been almost a month!

One more day and it would have been a month since my the last post! Sorry all, but summer is in full swing here! I've been busy taking care of the garden and the chickens. Sadly I lost two of my larger breed hens to heat stroke in the past month so I had to make some impromptu alterations to the coop. When I first built it my major concern was keeping predators out and making sure it would be warm enough for them in the winter. Unfortunatly I didn't think about summer! Well lesson learned, and large ventelation door made! :) The chicken's seem much happier now with the new abode.



The girls and I have been busy exploring. The oldest lost her training wheels and is now the proud owner of a shiney new bike! Which we put to good use riding around the block. We discovered some markings on the bridge down the road. Someone dated the concrete culvert with what appears to be orange field tile. The date reads 1911 and we also found 2 handprints one large and one small. I'm sure if I check the old maps I could find out who lived in the area during that time. But for now they made for an interesting discovery!






I butchered one of the roosters last night and took it to some family members. I heard the complaints from my oldest as she was disapointed we were not having Mom's famous chicken and dumplings I cleaned another rooster this evening for dinner tomarrow evening. I dug up the red-skin potatoes this evening to go with the chicken tomarrow night and I'm anxious to see how they cook up. I thought I had some sort of bug when the green portion of the potatoes died off! Silly me I later realized the potatoes just do this when they are finished growing! I've never actually grown potatoes so I was VERY suprised to discover a load of medium sized potatoes hidding under the dirt! Yummy!




Well it's time to get back to the family as it's almost bedtime and I promised to read a story! Blessings to all and well wishes to you and yours!