I finally got up the nerve to attempt to tame the apple tree. It had never been pruned before. When we first moved in the apple tree was not producing at all. I didn’t know what to do, so I just thinned the branches. The following year we had apples.
As I studied the branches this spring I got a little nervous, what I was about to do was drastic. So I had my gardening expert friend to take a look. She agreed with me.
Yikes! I hope it works.
Oh Dickie!
The ducks are getting big. They are easily 4 times the size of the Turkeys which I got at the same time. I think they are competitive with the Cornish Cross, but I have not yet looked up the feed to meat ratio.
I think the white one may be a drake, but I’m not sure what drake behavior looks like.
The ducks can not tolerate being separated, even for a few minutes. It’s very traumatic. And they do not under any circumstances socialize with chickens.
One of the cherry bushes I planted last year has 5 buds. It’s so small, I’m surprised it has any.
I planted both Black Currants and Jostaberries last year. I’m guessing this is a Jostaberry flower but I’m not sure.
And this would be Black Currant if my original guess was correct.
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An updated picture of my starts. The empty pots are seeds I planted later.
Here are the plants I bought at the store waiting to get planted.
I finally made it to cleaning out the barn, well, halfway cleaned. Boy was it deep! I didn’t get the barn cleaned out for some time due to ongoing health problems. I can’t wait to have this job finnished!
grapes finally planted
ducks that follow
new blueberries
a warrior
a sign almost finnished
I don’t really like washing individual leaves so I do the thing where you change the water over and over.
Then I poor the water in this bucket.
And then I transfer the water to these big tubs. Most of that water is rain water. I’m currently using the water to water the plants in my coldframes. Potting soil requires a lot of extra watering because it is so light and fluffy. I live in an arid climate, but also I would rather not pump the water out of the ground more than is needed and fill up my septic system faster than necessary.
This is the first chick that hatched.
These are the first 3. Another egg has hatched since.
The chickens were golden sex links. So the new chicks are basically muts. I also have black sex links so those would be black sex links crossed with golden sex link. Basically a 4 breed mix.
6 Turkeys
Stockings
Dickie
Stripe
I didn’t get very many pictures of the Turkeys because they are not as novel to us. We had so much fun observing the ducklings after having only chickens and Turkeys for 3 years. The ducks are about 3 days older than the Turkeys. They also are more active. It’s rather funny because Turkeys are sleepy and slow and the ducks are very lively. The ducklings play in the water with their bills. They also get their feet and tummies in the water. I can’t wait to set up a little swimming dish.
I’ve spent six days digging grass. Saturday and Sunday I spent all day digging grass. 4 wheel barrow loads of grass roots. I am almost finnished digging grass in half the garden. I have a new strategy brewing.
What a difference 1 week makes.
This will be the 3rd summer of asparagus. This is the healthies it has looked.
We didn’t have any babies this year so we purchased 9 yr olds market goat. His name was Josh. Daughter decided Josh was a good name for a goat. He looks extra cute, being the only baby.
It’s hard to want to thin enough when there isn’t a lot there.
I won’t complain when the kid’s don’t want any. Baby green lettuce almost tastes like candy in the spring.
