Chickens

Success has been had in getting the chickens to sleep on the perch instead of the nest box. It took a while. One by one they have begrudgingly slept on the perch. Tonight,the third chicken finally gave in and when I looked in on them, they were all asleep on it. We will leave the screen up over the nest boxes for a while though until the habit is well established.

Today, has been a hard work day. We finished planting all the new bed in the front yard. Mary has spent the day following behind putting down cardboard boxes and then putting down mulch on top of them. We are hoping to have most of the new bed mulched before leaving on vacation so we don't come back to a mess of weeds.

Our friend dropped off a load of firewood for our fire pit outside tonight. It should easily hold us for a while. Our driveway is full of firewood and mulch instead of cars right now. The only vehicle that fits is Chuck's motorcycle. It is the price of progress on a big project.

Another friend dropped off pallets yesterday that we are going to recycle into compost bins. Our current compost pile was supposed to be temporary but has been there now several years. It is time to move it. We are outgrowing the space now that we are expanding our gardening.

Our backyard is a mess temporarily. Between the cardboard boxes for the mulch, pallets, fire wood and mulch itself it is quite filled up. Should have it all put away in a couple of weeks. It will be worth it too when we get it all done. Luckily no guests or get-togethers planned in the near future.