The Sunshine Makes Everything Grow Faster....

First thing on my mind this morning was to check the garden.  Curious to see if it's enjoying the rain after the bit of sunshine and heat.  The answer is "yes".  It has grown nicely......

And so have the weeds, it looks like a bit of a mess :)

This is my first year growing Spinach.  I actually bought some at the grocery store, not having a clue that I would have my own from my garden this weekend......

The tomato plants are peeking up over their mini greenhouses.  I use ice cream buckets with the bottom cut out to protect them from the wind until they get strong.  Looks like they're soon strong enough to remove them :)

Here's an updated photo of my garlic patch.....

Not far from the vegetable garden are the blueberry plants, all enclosed in the same fence to protect them from the chickens.....

Sorry it's a bit blurry, I have requested a new camera for Christmas :)

And our Strawberry Plants have the prettiest blossoms I have ever seen, beautiful hot pink......

Pretty sure the sunshine has nothing to do with the meat chickens growing but here's an updated picture.  They are 5 weeks old now......

They are old enough now to tell which ones are roosters and which ones are hens. The ones with the larger combs and waddles are roosters, the ones with small compact combs and no waddles are hens. 

And here's a couple pictures of our Momma Hens.....

She looks a bit rough, apparently one of the rooster's favourites

These two are sharing the responsibility of Motherhood.....

It's going to be a complete and total surprise when the chicks hatch.  Normally we mark on the calendar when they start setting on the eggs but this year we have been so busy we lost track of the happenings in the coop......

This is one thing that has occupied much of our time this spring.......

Our new barn.  It has a storage loft for hay and shavings and 3 rooms downstairs for chickens, maybe pigs some day and feed storage......  

The doors to the outside runs.....can't wait to get the meat chickens in their new home so they can enjoy the fresh air and sunshine.  They are getting a bit crowded in their current home so the push is on to get this barn finished ASAP!

Here are a couple pictures of the few flowers I have on the property.....

These are the Marigolds I have planted in my vegetable garden

Some sort of Rose Type Bush that was on the property when we moved here

And that's an update of how things are growing on our little farm this week.  Thanks for checking in.