Growing

It seems that plants and chicks are growing, some faster then others. We have a lot of sprouts in the garden. The peas and spinach are coming up. I am pretty sure the carrots are trying to make an appearance too. You know it would be much easier to tell weeds from sprouts in the garden if I knew what the sprouts look like. When you have never planted veggies you really are clueless as to what you are looking for in the beginning. I did put stakes at the end of the rows. That way I would be sure to look in the right spot for multiple sprouts that look the same.

Karmin has her first flower bloom. What do you think? I think it is very pretty.

Brian just could not help himself when we got the mowers back from the shop. He had to test it out. I think he mowed grass for about two hours. Those two hours barely made a dent in what has to be mowed. I am seriously thinking about getting a goat to help us out.

Well, the chicks are growing like crazy. Almost every day you can tell they are bigger then the day before. Three weeks ago they were little yellow fluff balls with tiny little feet. Today they have half their feathers and grown chicken feet. They really are fun to watch. Our other chicks should be here in June. They will arrive ready to be put outside so we will miss the cute baby stage with them.

I have changed the name of one of the chicks I am naming. Instead of Soup I am going to name one Tender. So I will have Dinner and Tender. Brian has decided to name his Shake and Bake.

  

                                                                                                                                                                       

The pink lemonade blueberry bush and the cherry bushes I ordered arrived this week. I did get them planted before the rain got here. The goji berry bush I ordered is on the way. The sad news is the fig tree seems to be dead. I will be replacing it soon. I really like figs. When I was little I was told to stop eating all the figs off the tree and if I didn’t that the figs would make my mouth raw. Well, I found out just this past summer that is not true. My mom just told me that so I would stop eating the figs!

Cherry bush

Pink Lemonade Blueberry bush

Just a side note—the asparagus keeps popping up in the garden. 

Deal

Well, there is not much going on at the cabin this week with Brian being home. I received notice that the cherry bush and the pink blueberry bush should be here today. We are expecting rain tomorrow so it would be nice to get them in the ground today.

I am not sure if I mentioned the mowers that were left at the cabin. We were told they worked. If you believe that then I have some gold to sell you :) No, they did not run. I had to take our good mower to get checked out so I took the two dead ones in too. I told the man at the shop that the two were dead, really dead. If he could fix them for just a few bucks then do it. If not he could just keep them for parts. Well, we went buy the shop yesterday to pick them up. I was shocked!!! Dropped off three mowers (two dead) and picked up three mowers. They were all ready to go for $80.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you believe that? Yep, all three fixed up, tuned up and sharpened for eighty bucks. What a deal---I was very happy. You can not buy one new mower for that!

Brian did ask if this meant he had to mow grass while he was home. I told him not to worry about it that I would take care of it. I want him to enjoy his time at home.

Short visit to the cabin and chicks

Karmin and I made a short visit to the cabin yesterday. We were very excited to see what was happening in the garden. Remember that asparagus? Well it is very tall now and there are more! There must have been five more spears poking through the dirt. We tilled the dirt several times where it is growing. Just seems crazy to me that it would still grow. I guess we will let it seed out this year and see what happens next year.

Karmin and I were like little kids (ok-I was at least) checking out the new sprouts that had popped up. We were going up and down the rows telling each other to look at this and look at that. So now you know that little things excite me-lol.

As we finished looking in the garden our sweet friends showed up to check out the place. I gave them the grand tour of the cabin, the fruit trees, and the chicken coop and then I showed off the garden.

baby peach

baby peach

Taking a rest. 

What's that?

Look what I found!

You should see the chicks. They are growing very fast. I never knew that chicks could have personality. Well, they do and they are pretty funny. We are enjoying watching them grow. It is just amazing! I must tell you that I have taught the preschoolers that the chicken DID come first. 

Millie

Doing what chicks do best.

What is that??

Yep-in the tub.

Loving sisters

Stretch all together now. 

Do we look taller to you?

                                                                                          

Look at my feathers.

                                                                                                                            

Oh, one more thing. Here are a couple of pictures of the egg we found. Friend at church said it may be a Robin's eggs. 

What do you think?

Thankful for strangers!

I must say a big THANK YOU to Jerri, her husband and their son. If you have been reading the blog you will remember the fridge on the porch. Parts of it are rusting out and it only stays really cool. So far the food has been keeping ok. How do I know? Janie has not gotten sick. I have been on the hunt for a new used fridge. I found one for sale at a really good price.

Brian and I were to pick up the new fridge during his leave. Well, Jerri sent an email  telling me her family had decided that Brian’s leave should be spent with his family and not worrying about picking up the fridge. They offered to bring it out to the cabin for us. How great is that? It just made my week.

About 8:30 Sunday night the new fridge was in place. They had spent a good bit of  time cleaning it. The thing was spotless!  We plugged it in and it started right up.  I am thankful that God puts the right people in our lives just at the right moment for the right reasons.

Cold drinks are now being served at the cabin.  However, you still need to bring your own chair :)

Busy Day

Saturday was pretty busy. I arrived at the cabin about 9 am. Everything seemed pretty quiet. There was no sign of life inside the cabin. I unloaded the new weed eater and took it to the porch. It was very easy to put together. I think there were two screws and it was ready to go. I was not quiet at all as I got the extension cords out and started to weed eat. It was about 930 when Janie showed up on the front porch. She told me had been busy with the dog and did not even hear me pull up in the truck.

We worked in the yard until about 12pm. A friend was opening a new store called Kidz Klozet and we needed to stop in. After our visit we headed to the church. This was the day of our BBQ-oh yea!! We walked in and there were more desserts then I could count. The bbq was great. The desserts were yummy. We even came home with a few desserts because they started giving them away.

After the bbq we headed to the rock yard. Brian had told me that the truck could hold four scoops of rocks. Sooooooooooo we go four scoops of rocks and headed out. Janie needed water so we stopped at the little store. Thank goodness we did. The tires were not happy campers at all. One of the tires was half flat. Yep—that baby was hanging on for dear life. The others were in dire need of air too. We found some quarters and filled all the tires to the correct pressure. I told the girls they had better start praying that we make it back to the cabin. No one said a word the entire trip back. We made it with no problems and got those rocks put in the driveway.

This trip to the cabin I did have a lighter (ok-so I had to stop and buy one because I forgot the matches again) to burn the brush pile. The wind had made its way to the cabin by the afternoon and was just gusting away. So we did not get a chance to use the new lighter. 

OH!!! There is a surprise in the garden. A random sprig of asparagus has popped up. Just one! I guess the previous owners had planted some. It is just there all by itself.

We had a good day working and visiting friends. Wish every day could be that way. 

The chicks are getting big. They are Buff Orpington chickens. Their feathers are starting to come in. We have decided that we each get to name two chickens. Karmin has named hers Millie and Kazza. I am going to name mine Dinner and Soup. Dinner is in honor of a new show I like this year—Off the Map. Soup, well I think it is funny. Like when you name a dog Go Away or your pig Pork Chop-lol.

Ka’Nick is still sad. We are getting him ready to live in the house again. Karmin and I have started combing him to get rid of his excess fur. If you could sell dog fur we would be rich. 

Flowers

Mille and Kazza

Before weed eating

Janie working hard.

After weed eating

Yes, I did use the weed eater.

Rocks biting the dust :)

New weed eater

No, Karmin did not use it :)

Random asparagus!

Millie

Ka'Nick is as big as Karmin.

That's just a little of the hair.

Tomatoes-yum!