When we rounded up the birds today, Anya found two turkey eggs in the coop! These are our first turkey eggs … unfortunately, one of ’em is cracked slightly. But one isn’t, and we’re starting to save eggs to hatch!
Category: Homesteading
Purple Crocus Blooms
The deep purple crocus are starting to bloom — and daffodils are popping up all over the place, so we should have all sorts of flowers soon.
Barn Cats First Trip to the Vet
We took the cats we trapped to the vet to get neutered. They were surprisingly chill in the car — not their favorite activity, but they were quiet and looking around as we drove. Dropped them off at a low cost / feral clinic in the morning, and we picked them all up a little after 4PM.
Each kitten has two days of pain killers & need to limit their activity. A neighbor will be taking the other gray kitten (the one we call Pebbles), but Ash and Fritter will be staying inside for a few more weeks so we can take them for a booster shot next month.
They are both recovering well so far — Fritter ended up having an incision in his belly, too, so Ash is recovering quicker. But they’re both happy to curl up together and nap.
2023 Garden — Seeds Sprouting
Most of the tomatoes have sprouted, and two types of peppers. Peppers seem to take a long time to sprout! I’ve also got an arctic kiwi leafing out beautifully and several grape vines that are starting to sprout leaves.
2023 Hazelnut Flowers
The bright pink bits are starting to emerge from our hazelnuts — hopefully we have bunches of nuts this year!
River Walk
We took an hour to check all the maple buckets before the sap run starts again — and paused to walk in the river, find cool rocks, and try skipping rocks.
2023 Garden — Seed Starting
We got some seeds started this evening — a lot of peppers, tomatoes, and a few other plants. There are a bunch of other peppers to get going, ground cherries, cucumbers, cauliflower, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts. And, once we can start planting outside, corn, beans, peas, and all sorts of stuff for birds.
But here’s what I’ve got planted so far:
Hungarian peppers, Guadillo pepper, Pasilla pepper
Aji Lemon Drop pepper, Peri-Peri pepper, Sugar Rush Peach pepper
Black Strawberry Cherry Tomato, Brandywine Tomato, Trophy Tomato,
Rhubarb, Sugar Baby Bush Watermelon, Mary Washington Asparagus
Another Barn Cat – Fritter
Anya caught one of the other kittens from Ash’s litter — an orange and white cat. He’s scared and not so sure about us, but he is warm and snuggled into a blanket.
Kitten Snuggles
Ash is about six moons old now … and we still have lots of kitten snuggles!
Dirt!
I took the cart for a walk and dug up some of the really rich dirt from the forest floor … this will be our seed starting soil for the year.
