I ordered my chicks!

I went and ordered my chicks yesterday from the feed and seed place here. They were only $3 each and I got four. I wanted one Ameraucana chick because they lay really pretty colored eggs. They are also called Easter Egg Chickens because they lay an array of colored eggs. And the other 3 chicks I got are Buff Orpingtons, which are a really pretty chicken that lay brown eggs and are said to be very winter tolerant, friendly, and curious.

Poor Jeremy, he’s got to build the coop now. I don’t think he minds though– he loves to build and create. Considering we eat nearly 18 eggs per week, he sees the reason behind going through the initial trouble.

My Buff Orpington which will be named: Blue (Noah’s pick), Princess Barbie (Bella’s pick, obviously), and ????? (Austin’s pick)

My Ameraucana will be named Suzie, after my Momma.

We hope to have some nice weekend weather to work in the yard and build the coop. We are extending our garden quite a bit this year. I’m planting much more tomatoes (in upside down planters) and corn (along the side of the house in full sun), using more of our yard for food production and less for lawn. I’m also going to finally plant some perennial flowersa to help with the look and erosion on our front yard. There’s so much to do and it doesn’t help that I can’t lift anything heavier than 10 pounds or do anything “laborous.” I don’t like being limited– I ENJOY breaking a sweat and watching my muscles grow in the summer. It will be interesting to see how things develop this summer with one less person to labor. My fellows are tough; I bet they can handle it. They do the preparation, I do the planting, growing, harvesting, canning and cooking. Sounds fair, eh?

I was researching how to distill liquor. I mean, if I can make soaps I could make some moonshine. It’s really not very difficult. I may still give it a try down the road, but with  new baby in 2009 and a bigger garden, we’ve got enough going on. Until then, I thought it would be fun to grow some grapes. We live in an ideal area for growing grapes and they can be used for food, juice, and WINE! Yahooo!

More to come…

Posted by: stepherz | 04-03-2009 | 01:04 PM
Posted in: Homesteading Wannabe