Wow! It certainly has been a while since my last posting. Things have been crazy busy here on the Funny Farm. Spring is normally a busy time of year for us, but this year has been especially busy. Mostly because we have had some new additions, some expected and others not so much. Early spring brought us the much anticipated chickens. After spending their first weeks in the basement, I was anxious to get their dusty, furry little behinds outside. Our weather has been so unpredictable that finding decent weather to put the coop together proved to be extemely challenging. But eventually it did get done. The Coop is still currently under construction, but is at least habitable and the girls seem to be enjoying it outdoors immensely. Plans are underway to spruce it up, but for the time being, until things slow down around here, it's working just fine. Now were anxiously awaiting all the fresh eggs.
Another new addition to the farm, and definitely an unexpected addition, is our new foster baby. This is foster baby number three for us and our future plans are to adopt this little guy as well. He came to us at 3 days old, and he's five weeks old now. So you can imagine how I've been spending my days...and nights. We have been so blessed with three of the most adorable, sweetest little boys. They certainly keep me busy. So, much of my suburbian farming has been temporarily put on the back burner. However, things are progressing slowly but surely. The chickens are cooped, the strawberries transplanted, the herbs planted, and the taters are in with the help of my junior farmers in training.
The piles of lumber that was once our old barn are getting smaller, and the good lumber that is left will be recycled in the form of raised garden beds and compost bins. The blueberry beds are getting weeded very slowly, but are coming along. I'm trying desperately to get them weeded before it gets much warmer as to avoid running nose to nose with the ginormous garter snake that has resided there for the last several years.
So stay tuned. We've got lots to do, and lots to share. Until next time....
Happy Farming:
The piles of lumber that was once our old barn are getting smaller, and the good lumber that is left will be recycled in the form of raised garden beds and compost bins. The blueberry beds are getting weeded very slowly, but are coming along. I'm trying desperately to get them weeded before it gets much warmer as to avoid running nose to nose with the ginormous garter snake that has resided there for the last several years. 
