Green Thumb?

As you know, we put in raised beds for the garden this year so it would be more likely I have a garden instead of a weed patch crowding out the garden.  It seems to be successful, so far.  We planted carrots, green beans, okra, corn, cucumbers and peas.  Everything is coming up and going for gusto, except the carrots.  My green beans, cucumbers and peas are blooming.


green beans



peas

Impressive, eh?

Whenever it was we built the chicken coop, several years ago anyways, we planted a raspberry bush or two behind it.  They grew, but we didn't much tend to the bushes.  Then the goats pretty much decimated them one summer.  Now they are bushy and lovely and have spread to the side of the chicken coop as well.  This year there's even tiny little immature berries on them right now.  Hopefully we get a handful or two.

on the side of the chicken coop

 We've penned off the side of the coop because that is where the broiler chickens are at the moment and we don't want them eating the bushes....


future raspberries

I also planted a rhubarb and a strawberry plant in a raised bed in front of the house.  The rhubarb is growing like mad...even tho they have me some weeds in the rhubarb pot.  The strawberry looks like a wilted, half dead husk of it's former self.  There still is some hope, as long as I don't forget about it!

Lakeside

The post is, sadly, pictureless….but here's some of the latest stuff we've been up to. The lake was a ton of fun. I did a little fishing (I'm pretty sure I still caught the biggest walleye the whole trip). The guys did a bit more fishing. Sounds like my husband got dunked, too bad I wasn't around to see it! We did a lot of wading in the lake as it was hot, hot, hot. The girls seems to really enjoy that part. There was good food thanks to my mother-in-law.

The girls went back to Douglas with Grandma and Grandpa Yearout where they'll be for most of the week, then a few days with my sister-in-law, then back home next weekend. I plan on shampooing the dining room and living room carpets as they are Disgusting!

I'm prepared for when the baby gets here. The only thing remaining to get is a new car seat. That's the first thing I plan on doing come August. Then we just play the waiting game. I'm ready for her to be here, but I hope she spends some more time "in the oven" before she shows up, if you know what I mean and I think you do. I have approximately 7 hot, long weeks before my due date.

Latest Socks

I've been working on these socks on and off since around April would be my guess.  And they are finally done.  But I'm pretty sure I won't be wearing these until this fall anyway.  Who wants to wear shoes that require socks during the summer?!  I didn't notice the way the colors pool until I looked at the pictures.

Jeremy has finished fixing up the camper (I don't think I've mentioned the addition of a camper on here, more on that later).  It's not done, but it's liveable ::smile::  So he and the girls left yesterday to go camping at Glendo.  I'm headed up after work today.

Kickin' Chickens Out

We have kicked all the chicks outside now.  They were (mostly) feathered out and the basement was getting pretty stinky.  The eating chickens are amazingly different from the layers.  Here's a picture of our broilers.

Not completely feathered and still ugly.  And they are voracious eaters.  And here's a few of the layers.  Much cuter by chicken standards.

 That one with no feathers on it's neck is one of our Turkens.

The one with the funny hairdo is some special/exotic/fancy chicken breed that sports a strange arrangement of feathers on it's head and is still a good egg layer.  And darned if I can ever remember the name of the breed.  All of our chickens are separated.  The old ones have run of our land and every day is an Easter egg hunt.  Jeremy's building some nests out of the old horse hay feeder.  The broilers are in a new pen using the old goat house as a coop.  And the new layers are in the existing chicken coop and run.

Anna Randomness

I caught some cute pictures of Anna lately and just had to share.  This one is right after her bath, she put on the socks herself.  What a goof ball!

Jeremy got some headphones with radio, mostly for when he's mowing.  Anna's listening to the radio.  And those chubby cheeks are so darn cute.

29 weeks me

The picture isn't so good, but here is me at 29 weeks with baby #3.  Only 2 1/2 months left.  One of the few pregnancy pictures of me, ever.

Anna's Quilt

I've been working on a quilt for Anna since she's now in a big-girl bed.  All the squares are done, I'm on to assembling the top.  Here's the quilt top in it's infancy.

We have also settled on a first name for baby #3, Leah.  We are still cussing and discussing a middle name and we thought we'd best have a boy name, just in case.  We haven't gotten to that yet either.

Our chickies are growing quickly, especially the broilers.  They're still not quite feathered out enough to go outside.  So we have separated the "eaters" from the "layers" in the pens in the basement.  I think the "eaters" have another month or so left before they become chicken on the grill.