Lord Nigel Gosling
Well… we’re officially insane and we now have a gosling, but wait, there is more… two young geese are in the mail now on their way here to be his mates. So soon, we will have a gaggle! 🙂
His name is Lord Nigel, and their names are yet undetermined although I’m thinking Lady Vera and Lady Agatha… LOL. I don’t know why exactly, it seemed as though these guys needed “proper” names.
We also have a Broody Cochin mama, who hopefully will hatch some chicks here sometime in the next week-ish. We’re not sure exactly when she started setting, she hatched this plan ALL on her own 😉 (pun intended).
Broody Red Cochin with 14 eggs!!
The gardens are coming along nicely… we harvest a few small radishes last night when I went to thin out the radish line… check it out, you can see a few poking up through the dirt. I don’t know if they are SUPPOSED to do that,but they seem fine.
Our first radishes for 2010
There are sprouts EVERYWHERE… here are a few good shots:
We will be eating lettuce & spinach by the end of next week for sure from our back garden planted on 3/5 and here comes tomatoes & some romaine in the front square garden. At the end of this row by the plywood is a blue potato not yet peeking from the soil. And one of the perimeters of this bed is strawberries, which are in FULL swing now with flowers everywhere, I can nearly taste their yummy-ness.
This is essentially the first row planted in our big square garden out front. The entire thing has been redug & changed a bit due to the driveway fence we’re putting in. The lattice is new this year and there is a sink behind it that will soon, I hope, water this garden FOR ME, through the process of daily chores & using it.
We installed a new drain for our washing machine so that we may let it out in the yard or gardens if we desire. It will help greatly with the back watering and now we can water our grass guilt free!
I still have dozens of small plants in cups in my temporary cold frame. And two nights ago I started about 50 more in my spare bedroom where I’m hatching a few dozen chicks and storing eggs for my next hatch.
We also installed a new 2′ X 16′ herb garden and will now begin the process of building a small washable pond for our new gaggle of geese! They will surely enjoy it and take advantage often.
Frankly, I’ve been busier than I have EVER been in my entire life and it feels good. Unfortunately, this time of year is this way and I tend to get way behind in my emails. So… if your emailing me and I’m taking a few days to respond, you should know I’m out gardening or caring for the poultry. If it is an emergency, please call, otherwise I’ll get back to you in a few days. Or better yet, give me a couple weeks to get all the gardens in, and then things will slow a bit.
So… hope your busy too! If not, get a pitchfork and get digging! There is NO BETTER TIME THAN THE PRESENT to start your own kitchen garden…