Hen House

Tic, tac, toe, Three in a row! We have 15 laying hens right now and they are laying about 11 eggs per day, plus the turkey hen who is doing her best to lay nearly every day.  We have been collecting and incubating and hatching eggs like crazy. Today starts the third round of hatching and there are duck eggs and turkey eggs in the incubator. It takes 28 days for a turkey or duck egg to hatch and 21 days for a chicken egg to hatch. 

Apple Blossom Time

Apple blossoms are so pretty and you smell them before you see them. Here is one from a Jonathan Apple tree. The pinks are deeper and the whites are creamy.

These lacy white and pale, pale pink blossoms come from our Grandmother Tree. This old tree is over 80 years old. It produces two types of apples. One of them is a gravenstein and the other is a yellow transparent. They both have a delicious old time flavor and are good for fresh eating, drying, juicing, pies, and applesauce.

The old barn and Grandmother Tree have been here since 1930. Oh, the tales they could tell ~

Happy Birthdays!

A happy, hairy, bunny hug for Tyler on his seventh birthday! We love you!

A happy, harmonica, party hug for Bob on his 80th birthday! We love you guys!

Peach Blossoms

Peach blossoms are so pretty. The perfect color of pink and the trees are full of them this year. We hope the summer harvest will provide enough for pies and cobbler, shortcakes, and drying, and best of all eating fresh with the juices dripping all over! What do you do with your peaches?

April Fools Day!

The hens are happily laying their golden-yolked eggs...

The sheep are pleased with their dry feet on higher ground...

The Nigerian Dwarf beauties are thrilled with the green pasture on the other side of the fence...

...and playful with the idea that the days are getting longer and lighter now that April has arrived! ~Happy Spring~