The Compound is completely soaked! Even the garden which has mulch on it is like
a giant sponge. I was afraid my rubber
boots would get sucked in to the wet muck!
It was definitely a rubber boot weekend.
We would not have gotten anything done without them.
The new Hooligans made the trek to The Compound and the
new brooder pen. They took to the new
space like a duck to water. They
scratched up a storm of wood chips! And
noisy! You could hear them from almost
anywhere on property.
What was even cuter was when the Cotton Club actually
noticed them in the brooder. It’s hard
to explain, but they came back in to the run area to eat some veggie treats and
as soon as one of them noticed the chicks, they sent out a strange call, then another
one made the same call, and so on until the entire group was making the same
noise and all looking up at the three new Hooligans. Its times like this, I wish I had my camera
going.
We popped back out on Sunday just to see how they did
overnight and to see if we needed to make any adjustments to their new
environment, but so far so good.
We were able to get some more plants into the garden, even
though it was really wet. Tomatoes, cabbage, broccoli, brussel sprouts and eggplant.
The Moose cleared another area of weed mess, and planted
field corn to see how it would do.
Remember a previous post when I mentioned how embarrassing the garden
had gotten by way of weeds. Well, here’s
a picture of the remaining area still to be cleaned up and then a picture of
the area the Moose just finished. Total
difference!
He added compost and lime. We have a PH problem, and need to add lime to help correct it. We will be adding more mulch on top to continue with the Back to Eden principals. We just needed a clean slate to start with again. Besides, much of last years mulch has already composted.
I'll sign off for now, with a few photos of Corrie and the Cotton Club from this weekend. As you'll see, they are all doing much better.
Because I live in the Northwest it is weird to hear you say you are planting corn and tomatoes at this time of year. I have been trying to harvest the last of the green and very few red tomatoes and beans and can and freeze stuff and make raised beds for the winter vegis that I am planting. (I'm on bed #3). I just can't imagine putting in more tomatoes. I am tired and looking forward to some book time this winter already. Not to mention maybe getting a blog post out. The cotton club actually looks happier to me than they did if that's possible in a picture. Good job.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit, I am tired. I've been curling up with books on gardening and chickens lately,.. and I think you can tell the Cotton Club looks happier. They are definately getting bigger and anxiously await us opening up the gate to let them out. It's nice to see the change.
DeleteIt looks like so far so good. Both with chickens and garden cleanup! It's a relief on both counts, eh?
ReplyDeleteYes definately a relief! Thanks for following along.
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