We just had dinner.
Roast chicken, fingerling potatoes, baby carrots, salad... and every bit we raised or grew and harvested ourselves.
That feels.... pretty amazing.
:)
It's one of the reasons, among many, I love living here. I also enjoy watching everything grow. However, I don't think the neighbours would appreciate a chicken coop in my backyard...
True Dale... though if you only had a few hens you could get eggs and they would not be noisy! The roos are the troublemakers... I feel so doubly blessed to be living here at the ranch. It is a lot of work but the rewards are so much greater! xoxo
I've begun to think seriously about a coop. We've got the space and it would be so nice having farm-fresh eggs again. I've been planting an herb garden for the past few years, along with tomatoes and the odd veggies. Because of the deer, I have to keep everything in pots on the deck, but that's perfect - not too many steps away. Some day I might find the energy to build a proper fenced garden plot, with the requisite "garden gate"!
I used to have a whole bunch of tomatoes on the deck at the house in Wilmer! We have been pretty lucky with deer staying away (the dogs) but the chickens... now that is a different issue! Fencing in next year. Mind you we will have brave deer in a week or two I think... as long as I harvest everything in time should be ok! My other saving grace is the oats in leftover in the field past the garden. :)
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It's one of the reasons, among many, I love living here. I also enjoy watching everything grow. However, I don't think the neighbours would appreciate a chicken coop in my backyard...
True Dale... though if you only had a few hens you could get eggs and they would not be noisy! The roos are the troublemakers...
I feel so doubly blessed to be living here at the ranch. It is a lot of work but the rewards are so much greater! xoxo
I've begun to think seriously about a coop. We've got the space and it would be so nice having farm-fresh eggs again. I've been planting an herb garden for the past few years, along with tomatoes and the odd veggies. Because of the deer, I have to keep everything in pots on the deck, but that's perfect - not too many steps away.
Some day I might find the energy to build a proper fenced garden plot, with the requisite "garden gate"!
I used to have a whole bunch of tomatoes on the deck at the house in Wilmer! We have been pretty lucky with deer staying away (the dogs) but the chickens... now that is a different issue! Fencing in next year. Mind you we will have brave deer in a week or two I think... as long as I harvest everything in time should be ok! My other saving grace is the oats in leftover in the field past the garden. :)
I dreamed of Rhode Island reds ...
I wish...... xxx
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