What We've Been Up to Lately

Hello - I finally took a few minutes to download some pics from our camera.  I've posted some of them here so that you can see what we have been up to lately.

Garden 2011 - Gardening season is getting started - slowly but it's getting there. :-)  My wonderful husband got our garden spot tilled and ready to plant.  We've planted peas, cabbage, brussel sprouts, and broccoli so far outside and we have quite a few things started inside.  Inside we have mostly flowers and herbs so far because it is too early to plant the other stuff - although this morning I noticed that my tomatoes and peppers have started to peak through the dirt.  Yay :-) Here are a couple of pics of our garden so far.

Outside garden spot

Indoor garden

Dog Run - Also in the effort to get out yard in shape for the year we decided that we needed to contain the dog's mess.  She is a good dog and we love having her but she is hard on the yard.  First of all she thinks the entire thing is her bathroom so she just goes where ever - it makes it a scavenger hunt trying to clean it all up.  Second, she doesn't like to walk.  She runs everywhere and puts the brakes on at the last minute so we get a lot of take off and skid marks.  Finally she likes to run the fences and is wearing paths around the yard.  Soooo...... we found a good deal on a 10x10x6 chain link kennel.  Matt was going to build one but we ended up saving quite a bit by just buying it.  We're pretty happy about it but I'm not sure the dog appreciates it. 

 Birds - Our duckies are doing great and getting really big.  :-)  Also, this weekend we decided to get some baby chicks. We now have 5 Barred Rock and 5 Black Sex Link chicks living in our garage too.  Bob and Matt are building a chicken coop to go with the duck pond so they won't have to be in the garage for very long.  Both kinds are supposed to be good layers and cold hardy so hopefully we will get some good farm fresh eggs here in a few months.  Here are some pics of our birds.

Well, I guess that is all for now.  Hope you enjoy the pictures.  Talk to you later.  :-)

Getting Ready for Spring

Well Idaho keeps on reminding us that it isn't quite Spring yet.  We have some beautiful days - like yesterday - then the next day it will try to snow.  (sigh)  Oh well, I love being in Idaho where the weather is always a surprise. ;-)

Anyway,  I thought I would post and let you know that I have one of the best husbands ever.  He surprised me by tilling my garden and getting it all ready to plant yesterday.  Yay! :-)  I'll try to post some pictures later.  I know it is a bit early to be planting most things but my peas are going to love this weather.  Hopefully - now that the ground is ready - I will get a chance to plant between rain storms. :-)

Also I suppose I should add that our duckies are doing well.  They are getting really big and starting to grow some of their down and pinion feathers.  I will try to post some pictures of them later too.  My biggest problem with pictures is not remembering to take them but remembering to get them off the camera and onto the computer.  ;-P

Quack! Quack!

So Matt went to Cal-ranch last week to get another pair of work pants and you'll never guess what happened.  He was just strolling along when 6 baby ducks jumped in his cart and insisted on going home with him. ;-)  That's right we now have 6 ducks living in a box in our garage.  He even stopped by my work to surprise me with them because he couldn't wait until I got home that night.  They have been lots of fun and the nieces and nephews really like them.

Here is a video if you would like to see them: