Garden and Chickens!

Look at how much its grown!

Chickens! All 5 are still living and getting BIG. 

First cut of lettuce, from the Garden. So Delicious. 

Baby Chicks

The baby chicks have arrived! They were delivered to our house just before lunch by a friend that saw my post on Facebook. 

Chickens!

We got our chicken coop today! Now the hard part, finding 4 chickens to put in it. We may have to order them through the mail if we cant find some locally. I am so excited to have chickens. Next on my wish list is bees but that's an expensive hobby and to moms point, I can buy A LOT of honey for the cost of the bees and the materials to get started.

Grow baby Grow! UPDATE

I was doing some research on plants and gardens and came across an article about the dangers of using cinder block for gardens (which is the new thing all over pinterest and gardening websites), the article talked about all the dangers of doing this because the blocks release a toxic chemical that can cause cancer, birth defects, etc.... So I got scared and had Eric read the article and we decided to run to Papa Earls for some scrap wood. I loved the idea of the blocks but the article scared the crap out of me and I would rather be safe than sorry. I am by no means an expert so if you have a block garden do your research and make your own decision.

Flowers!

Flowers make everything look so much better!

Buddies!

We got together on Saturday with my friend Kelly and Kayla and here are all our kiddos! Plus 2 more to come (Kayla is expecting #4 as well).

Grow baby grow!

We planted our first vegetable garden.... thanks to Pinterest for the cheap and easy idea! We had the block up in the shed so all we needed was dirt and plants. If it fails were not out much time or money. We planted yellow peppers, yellow beans, carrots (not likely to make it), sugar peas and lettuce. Since its our first time were bound to learn what "not" to do for next time. We also planted squash but in a different spot since we ran out of space.