Rising waters

It started raining over 24 hours ago (off and on). At some point in the middle of the night, it started storming and pouring. Take a look at the pictures I snapped this morning! The neighbor's pond overflowed into the creek and is almost over the road. This is the creek at the bottom of … Continue reading Rising waters

Green house experiment

One of those many projects I am working on this week: I threw down two huge packets of wildflower seeds in this flower bed and busted open an old pie pumpkin and scattered those seeds. Then bricks were set down with cardboard and a little foam on top of them and two old sliding glass … Continue reading Green house experiment

A day with Gramma Izzie

Today is the first day of my spring break. I'm loving it!!! I have a huge list of projects that I'm working hard on completing and will post pictures and details of those next week. Today though, Jake and I took Gramma Izzie about two hours away to see my cousin Zac (her grandson) to … Continue reading A day with Gramma Izzie

We missed working like this!

We had gorgeous weather the past two days (Friday and Saturday). We worked and worked outside.  The chickens tried to help in their own way. I hired a couple of teenage boys to clean the barn, till the big flowerbed, and help me rip out the old weedliner in the front. It's going to all … Continue reading We missed working like this!

Spring is definitely on the way!

When I went to gather eggs today, this is what I found. These two lovely ladies are getting in the mood to raise some babies. These eggs aren't fertile, but once the girls start chasing me out of the hen house (literally), that's when I know that spring babies are truly on the way!