The weather being so nice has allowed us to do more outdoor things.
We have been putting half the chickens in the garden every day. A friend gave us this chicken tractor and it is wonderful. Michael will make another at some point.
The chickens have been laying a lot of eggs. 132 eggs so far this month.
Joshua has been able to let his bunnies out as well.
Tuesday, the mama deer and her two babies were back in the lower acreage. They sure have grown a lot!
Nicholas was anxious to mow that grass. Can’t do it when the mower has a flat tire. Emergency repairs are a specialty of Michael.
We pruned our first two apples trees. The boys and I bought Michael a safe ladder to use. Better to be safe than in the hospital.
Here is the Early Transparent tree before we got to it…
Here is Michael doing some pruning.
And here is it when we were done.
This is a Gravenstein Apple tree.
Before pruning (what a mess)
After our pruning….less mess.
Last but not least my wonderful hubby bought me a holder for my pruners. The word FELCO and the number 919 were the only things on the holder.
He used his solder iron to make it pretty for me. He’s so sweet.
So, I’m mentally preparing for not a lot of fruit this year and secretly hoping for lots of fruit. It will take a few years to get these trees in shape and even longer if we choose to graft different fruit into the existing root stock.
Thanx for following on this mid-life crisis journey of ours.
Karen
Dear Karen,
That your days may be as heaven upon earth. Duet. 11:21
You are such a role model for the homeschooling community, and an honor to the Kingdom of God. We are amazed by and admire each of you.
Much love.
You are so sweet. We think the same of you two. Such a great curriculum that you offer and such wonderful people you both are. Getting to know you two is the best thing about putting that art class together.
I’m glad it is March. February was exhausting.
It was cold last night. In the high 20’s. Beautiful clear blue sky this morning. I love that.
Have a joyful Sunday,
Love,
Karen
You are ways ahead of us. Love your picture of the eggs on a straw bed with the daffodils in the background. T-shirts, grass, tree pruning. I can’t wait!
We got our Felco in the mail and the pruning knife. This is so exciting!
Thank you for sharing such an encouraging post, Karen. Now I really feel like climbing out of my bear den and start gardening. Not for a while for us, but indoor seed planting will be done pretty soon.
Happy farming!
Kimberly
It is amazing what good pruners can do. However, I have learned that you still need strong hands.
I’m sure my hands will eventually get stronger.
Take care,
Karen
Love the chicken tractor. My backyard is too small to use one, but I think they are so cute!
Thanx. I would like to get some sort of temporary fencing so I can have all the chickens out.
We have a pretty mean rooster but we also have a lot of birds of prey that fly over.
I just want all those weeds to be eaten before it is time to plant the garden 🙂
I love your website/blog. Tons of great information.
Karen