--  For all of my thousands  of loyal blog readers who are tired of clicking on here to find the title "Mondays", this entry is for you!! (Mom)

--  Many new (to us) and exciting things are happening here on our little farm.  We planted a small garden using the "by the foot" method.  We used chicken poo for fertilizer.  This being our first attempt at growing anything edible, the results have been pleasant, but not magnificent.

The layout - the kids have been a great help!

  The first edible evidence

--  We also have little watermelon and canteloupe starting to grow and the butterbeans should do well.  The tomatoes are not doing as well as I'd hoped, and the chickens ate the corn.  - More on those little buggars later!

--  I don't have a current picture of the garden, mostly because I'm embarrassed of how weedy it looks.  I'll work on that and show you soon.

--  The chickens.... well, what do I say about the chickens?  These gals have access to over 100 acres of pasture, yet choose to peck and dig and poo in the yard instead.  "Watch your step" is a common phrase around here.  They took care of my strawberry plants one afternoon and only left the stems.

--  We have a designated hen house with nesting boxes that the nice girls use, but have found several chicken-made nests around the house.  One of them had EIGHT eggs in it.  It's an egg hunt around here daily!  Again, "Watch your step!"

--  However, I can't complain too much because these ladies have been giving us around two dozen eggs a day lately.

--  I love the variation of shapes, sizes and colors.  It's diffucult to see in these pics, but the lighter color eggs are actually blue and green!

--  On a sad note, we had to get rid of Breaker.  He was our rooster and pet.  The problem was, he was starting to chase Julia - or anyone under four feet tall.  It was cute the first time, but when our little niece and nephew came to visit it was quite scary.  He would fly up and put his feet in front of himself trying to spur them.  The young man that picked him up said he would "let 'em out on tha farm".  But, for all I know Breaker was dinner :(

--  Really sad that Julia cried and still says she wants to go get him back.  

Breaker

--  Ok, stop crying.  I've got some better news.  The pasture has some new guests.  A mommy and daughter set of donkeys.  They are really sweet and even come to the fence and allow us to pet them.  The cows don't do that, they run away if you look at them!

--  Lastly, a picture of Julia and my niece Trinity.  They caught a couple of chickens!

--  I promise all my fans (Mom), that I will try to blog more often and keep you informed of what's happening at our humble abode.

Corey