April 14, 2011...Mary Mary Quite Contrary

The seeds that the boys planted are growing steadily.  It will be nice to have a bountiful garden of fresh vegetables to help with my weight loss goals this summer!

April 6, 2011...Planting Season

Dave has big plans for a giant garden this year.  He's been reading up on the whole process for months now.  Before winter, he turned over the soil with the tractor, as he learned to do, and has been hoarding seeds and planting accouterments all winter long.  The past few weeks/months he's been starting his plants to put in the garden.  Green peppers, corn, sunflowers, tomatoes, you name it...The boys got to help him plant this round and loved every second of it.  It will be great to have home grown vegetables around this summer.  I hope to have plenty to eat and share!  

April 5, 2011...Chicken Update

The chickens are all doing well. The boys love them and hold them, check on them, feed them, water them, or pet them as often as they are allowed.  They're growing so quickly though that Dave has stepped up efforts to get their chicken coop built.  Not to mention, Alex noticed they were getting smelly so it might be time to get them outside :)

April 1, 2011...Raising Chickens, and that's no JOKE!

After work today I met the boys at Tractor Supply where Dave wanted to look at baby chicks.  An hour later we were going home with 6 adorable chicks of our own and a whole slew of equipment and materials required to raise them.  The boys love these little guys (they're girls, actually so they will lay eggs that we can collect and eat!).  It will be fun to teach Nate and Alex about chickens and let them see first hand how they grow, how to take care of them, and all the other hands on lessons our fluffy (soon-to-be-feathered) friends will teach the boys!  I named the chickens McNugget, Tender, Wing, Marsala, Cacciatore, and Parmigiana but I think Nate calls them Daisy, Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Spike and Dot or something....?