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    Bless This Mess > Life on the Farm > Our Family > Our Garden

    Chickens and the garden

    Published: Apr 20, 2012 · Modified: Sep 11, 2020 by Melissa · 5 Comments

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    Today is a gorgeous day! The wind has a bit of a chill to it, but as long as you are sitting in the sun it is super comfortable. Spring is in full force here in Utah and I couldn't be happier about it. I went for a jog with just the baby last night in the double-jogger (so much lighter than having a 2 and 4 year-old in it!). The sun was setting and I ran to the end of town. The road literally ends and gives way to the foothills preceding the mountains. I love living in Themiddleofnowhere.
    We acquired 3 more chicks for a total of 8 birds. I put their cage outside during the day and we let them out to play in the yard for a few hours at a time while we are outside playing, too. It is amazing how well they stay around. They roam in a big 20 foot circle but always tend to stay near the cage and their food and water. When I am ready for them to go back inside of the cage, I just open the door and shoo them in.

    I haven't figured out which breeds are which yet. That is on my to-do list.

    They are getting so big but are still babies.

    Our tulips are finally blooming in pink, red, and yellow. I adore having fresh flowers in the yard to bring inside. I hope to have fresh home-grown flowers in my house 8 months out of the year one day.

    Speaking of flowers, I love dandelions! I think they are little pops of sunshine, and we wouldn't have any grass in the yard without them. Such a pretty weed-patch of a yard, isn't it?

    I can remember picking scads of wild flower bouquets for my mom; it is so fun to be on the receiving end now.

    And our apple tree is just starting to bloom. I noticed the first open flowers this morning. The honey bees seemed to have taken note too. Can you see the bee?

    Here is the cold hearty vegetable garden that I told you all about earlier. It's slowly growing. It's been snowed on 3 times and had some really heavy frost a few mornings. The swiss chard didn't make it and the beets are struggling, but I don't account either of those losses to the cold. I think they needed more water. I have tons of mint coming up. What do you do with fresh mint besides smell it?

    Radishes:

    Snow peas:

    Lettuce, garlic, and spinach

    Well there you have it, a look at what is growing around here: chickens, flowers, apples, and vegetables (and babies, but they aren't pictured).

    Happy weekend, all. Thomas is taking a crew of rowdy Scouts camping and I haven't decided what to do in his absence. Any ideas?

    Thanks for stopping by.

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    1. Ansley

      December 29, 2014 at 8:36 pm

      Put the mint into sun tea (I'm Southern, so this is a staple in our house) or lemonade.

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    2. Rob and Marseille

      April 26, 2012 at 1:13 pm

      when do you thin your garden?

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      • Melissa

        April 26, 2012 at 2:37 pm

        I'm not a big "thinner" - things seem to do it themselves pretty well. I will thin carrots and radishes when they are maybe 3-4 inches long on the top. I'll post it when I do though 🙂

    3. Katie

      April 23, 2012 at 9:06 am

      Your chicks are growing up! I don't know how you push the double jogger with two kids! Pushing Liam in that thing is kind of drag.

      I tagged you in a post today 🙂

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    4. Nicole

      April 22, 2012 at 9:32 pm

      Those chickens are really cute!

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