Chicks day out

Took the chicks outside for the first time today.  It has been quite windy, so we tried to find a sheltered spot for their first taste of the great outdoors.

They loved it!

Molly enjoyed it, too!

Vegetable Seeds 2011

Here are the seeds we ordered from Gurney's Seed and Nursery Company.

Follow the links to a seperate post on each plant from our 2011 garden. It is our attempt at a virtual garden journal.

• Tabasco Peppers
• Thick Cayenne peppers
• Primo Jalapeno
• Rainbow Bell Peppers
• Roma Tomatoes
• Sweet Baby Girl Tomatoes
• Rainbow Bells Blend Tomatoes
• Red Pontiac Potatoes
• Green & Gold Blend Beans
• Baby Thoragreen Lima Beans
• Maestro Peas
• Romaine Lettuce
• Tyee Spinach
• Rainbow Blend Carrots
• Harrier Hybrid Beets
• Connecticutt Field Pumpkin
• Spaghetti Squash
• Gurney's Pride Zucchini
• Sassy Cucumbers
• Athena Cantaloupe
• Sugar Baby Watermelon
• Sweet Basil
• Mammoth Gray Sunflowers
• Birdhouse Gourds
• Coriander/Cilantro
• Oregano
• Snow Crown Hybrid Cauliflower
• Atlantis Hybrid Broccoli
• Sapomiel Hybrid Melon
• Tango Hybrid Sweet Pepper

Grow baby grow...

Our tomatoes one week after being potted up...

we have basil...

and jalapenos, too.

Potting up..

Tomato seedlings.  We used Miracle Gro's seed starting mix to start them, and dilluted chamomile tea to water them. We are potting them up in disposable plastic cups that have holes poked in the bottom.

Getting spots

The chicks continue to grow and change every day.  They are now starting to get their spots! And they love to roost on the stick we gave them!

We've also made available some chick grit and have given them a piece of sod dug up from the yard. It is fun to watch them scratch it up looking for bugs and worms. 

With the wet weather we have had, the girls collected worms and had fun feeding them to our lil ones.



Also, after a bit of research and internet surfing we have a few indicators as to whether they are male or female.  Females will have a dark wash on their legs. And males will develop their tail feathers and combs first.  There is also supposed to be a way to tell by the dot of white on their forehead.  Males have larger white spots. These methods are not 100% accurate, however, going by those indicators we are in trouble.  Looks like we will have more males than females.  Yikes!  

Kiva Loan April 2011

This month we loaned to:

Nazario from Peru

Nazario needed the loan to buy pea seeds and fertilizer for his potatoes.

and to...

Gregoria from Peru

Gregoria needed the loan to buy more supplies for her craft business.

Chicks are one week old!

Chicks have been with us now for one week.  We enjoy watching them and interacting with them. They are so darn cute!

What happened.....

 Oops! 

They are still cute, though, lol.

Say hello...

to our little friends...

tomato seedlings

More seeds germinating below.

Our New Chickies!!!

Our newest addition to our lil farm.....chickies!!!!

We got a dozen Barred Plymouth Rock chicks. 

We are hoping for more females than males but at this age they are hard to tell apart.

They are so cute, aren't they!