Wow, has it really been over a month since I last posted? My summer has been much busier than I had anticipated! A busy one, but a good one!
Here is the latest update ... eggs and more eggs. Last Tuesday, one of our gals started laying and each day we are finding more and more eggs. Sometimes, it has been a teasure hunt as we have one or two gals that are leaving their eggs in the coop, but not in the nesting box! This is just so much fun! Well, until we get to the part that out of our 18 chickens, we may have 4 roosters! That part isn't so much fun. Not sure how that happened, but we are working on that part. Must say, nothing like fresh eggs in the mornin'. The kids will tell you, when that first egg arrived, by my excitement, they weren't sure if it came from the chicken or me. I was "cackling" all day!
The garden is still flourishing with peppers, squash, cucumbers, beets, and occasional tomatoes at the moment. We have planted fall plants of green beans, broccoi, lettuce, spinach, and beets. We will see what they bring. It has been so nice having all these fresh veggies in our house. I just love not having to buy from the store. I have to admit, I was skeptical about whether I would be able to keep up with the garden this year and so far, it has not been too bad. I have made several loaves of zucchini bread to freeze and have been able to can 10 jars of tomatoes and have more to do! We were even fortunate enough to sell some of our cherry tomatoes in which we were told were simply delicious.
We have been quite busy here getting things ready for our upcoming school year. My goal is to post at least once a week, but with hopes of keeping my blog up on more of a daily basis. Thanks for checking in on our journey and please don't hesitate to share my blog with others.
