Family members and Front Porch as a Roost

 

Here they are--no fence or anything.  Blondie actually came up to the front
door and looked inside.  They definitely know where home is--but they think
it's inside the house--not the coop!  You think maybe we've mothered  them
a little too much?

It rained really hard last evening.  My partner had the job of bringing them
inside.  They were peeping for help.  Thunder was rolling and the chickens
were under the shelter.  When he tried to get them out, they went nuts.  In
short, both he and chickens were soaked.  I got a huge towel and proceeded
to dry each one off carefully.  Their voices are changing--so they start out
with a sort of hen clucking noise, but it ends up as a peep.  Yes, they are rather
large to be peeping, but any critter let in this house is going to be spoiled rotten! 
And these first chickens are more like family pets in the way they are treated.

Same with plants.  I ordered from a nursery I knew nothing about.  I received
barely alive plants.  Maybe 2 inches tall when we got them.  They are looking
healthier, putting on new growth now.  Of course they have a constant
temperature and live in the sunroom--plenty of sunlight and watering.  All they
have to do is grow.

One of the twiglets (tree), the Golden Raintree, is nearly 3 feet high and ready to
go outside.  But only to the porch until all the poisoning for the fungus, bugs, and
bacteria we have.  This land was just used as a summer place--and I'm a great
believer in organic--but this is out of control.  The plants we are growing are doing
great--but they are all in containers. We have 4 apple trees, 5 blueberry bushes
(plus one I ordered) .  Three paw-paw trees that are sticks with roots right now.
And there are 4 redbud trees (translation--sticks to nurse into growth!) coming.
All the butterfly bushes and trumpet flowers are showing growth--so they'll be
able to be transplanted soon.  I am creating a small hummer garden around the tree
they like so much that is mostly dead.  If it is pink, red, or bright orange, I am
planting it for the hummingbirds and butterflies.  I don't hang out in the living room much.
But I will do the front yard.  First the retaining wall.  We have called so many people
and they all booked up.  So ... what can you do?  Be patient.  Oh well!

All for now--

Kate Thorn