It’s been a busy couple of weeks and time got away from me. I am sad to say, like the story, Annabel Lee died. Since Edgar Allan Poe integrated with the flock so well I went back to the feed store and picked up Lenore and Nevermore to keep Annabel Lee company. However, Annabel Lee started not acting right and she passed away the next day. I waited a few days to make sure Lenore and Nevermore were not also sick, and when they proved to be healthy, I began the task of integrat

I have two sets of baby chicks, Opal’s and Seraphina’s, which hatched about 2.5 weeks apart. Like last year, Opal and Seraphina are raising their babies together. Unlike last year, instead of a happy family, it’s a little more dysfunctional. Seraphina had some drama at hatch time and managed to kill several of her babies during hatch, and one after. I pulled the 5 survivors to hand raise, but Seraphina was determined to mother and kept trying to take over Opal’s clutch. I

Patience may be a virtue, but it is not one I possess. In the words of Tom Petty, the waiting is the hardest part. Especially when you’re waiting on fruit trees to produce that soft, juicy, delicious fruit. In late winter/early spring 2016 I started planting my orchard. I planted cherry, apricot, apple, peach, mulberry, and almond trees. My dad gave me several plums, David rescued a couple Indian White Peach, and I’d purchased pear trees as well which I planted in our upp