So we're getting ourselves some backyard chickens soon! Only thing is now we have to build the coop... The story is that we have until August 14 to get it built and get our new chickens housed and cozy. A woman in town, Vanessa, has 6 hens and a rooster and no longer can take care of them, she generously offered them to me and I just couldn't say no. They're still youngsters and will start laying this fall, so the peeeerfect age. Vanessa's going on vacation the 14th hence the deadline.
So the first thing I did was walk to the library to check-out a book of 45 different chicken coop designs, then Dan and I enjoyed his home brew on our table out back and paged through the designs. Right now we're wavering between the "Poulet Chalet" and the "Little Red Hen House" designs (corny, eh?). We're going to design a very simple coop since we now are certain that our building skills are a bit sub-par!
So the first thing I did was walk to the library to check-out a book of 45 different chicken coop designs, then Dan and I enjoyed his home brew on our table out back and paged through the designs. Right now we're wavering between the "Poulet Chalet" and the "Little Red Hen House" designs (corny, eh?). We're going to design a very simple coop since we now are certain that our building skills are a bit sub-par!
This morning I went out to the SEEDS Farm at 6:30 and worked until 8:00. There is supposed to be a heat index of 118 degrees today so folks were out there early weeding and won't be doing any work outdoors during the day, it's honestly just dangerous out in that crazy sun.
I came home muddy and hungry so I cleaned up and fixed some breakfast. Let's see, I made some garlic butter from my garlic to go on a slice of toasted baguette. And then sauteed some green and purple beans, broccoli, and onions from the garden in butter and scrambled some eggs. This was topped with salt, pepper, Mozzarella cheese, and some bulbills (these are tiny garlic bulbs that are formed in the garlic scapes, essentially garlic "seeds" and they are GOOD).
I came home muddy and hungry so I cleaned up and fixed some breakfast. Let's see, I made some garlic butter from my garlic to go on a slice of toasted baguette. And then sauteed some green and purple beans, broccoli, and onions from the garden in butter and scrambled some eggs. This was topped with salt, pepper, Mozzarella cheese, and some bulbills (these are tiny garlic bulbs that are formed in the garlic scapes, essentially garlic "seeds" and they are GOOD).