Mama's Musings

As you probably can tell by our lack of journaling- spring has sprung around here which has caused us to get busy ( and be too tired to write at night). Today was spent getting the chicks ready to move into their "permanent" home. We moved them from the inside porch a few weeks ago (thankfully- they were starting to smell a bit) into the goat barn. Caleb built this amazing little brooder for them that was very roomy ( they have grown a lot since first putting them in there thus the use of the word "was"), a lot quieter than our house, and has a great view. But alas, they have grown too big for it and are now ready for the movable chicken coop. It has been amazing to see how fast these little guys grow and how much they eat! They won't be free ranging it for awhile yet but at least this will give them a chance to get comfortable in their new home.
Other news- last weekend we planted about 290 feet of asparagus. If all goes well we will have a lot to eat and sell in a couple years. The funny thing about all this asparagus is that when I ordered it this winter the people at the seed company said, "Are you sure you want that much?" and when I talked to neighbors about it, they said, "Are you sure you want that much?" Well, let me tell you after digging the huge trench to plant them in and spending the entire day lovingly planting them in our beautiful compost we were saying, "Are we sure we wanted this much?"
A neighbor, Chris, has been delighting us with little tid bits from his greenhouse and garden adventures. So far he has shared Elderberries, Raspberries, Horseradish, and an amazing variety of peppers in all colors and temperatures...smoked peppers here we come.
And our neighbor, Roseanne, was Santa for the day and brought us an old bee hive and some bee equipment- looks like bees are in our near future ( next year...). I hope so because I sure love honey and there is a magic to working with bees that I have missed.