Garlic, Potatoes, and Bulbs

Lilah hid the camera cord this past weekend, so I couldnt upload pictures:) Saturday (after home improvements by Lilah) we bundled up and went out to the garden. We planted our garlic and dug up the potatoes.

Garlic Bed

Now Empty Potato bed

Potatoes!! (really pitiful potatoes)

Sunday was much nicer weather. Dan and Lilah planted the flower bulbs (tulips, daffodils. windflowers, irises, aliums, crocuses, grape hyacinths, and mountain bells). Lilah wanted some tulips and daffodils in her sunflower house, and the rest went along the side fence and in the front bed.

Lilah's Home Improvements

This is the door Dan taped up to cut down on drywall dust flying everywhere. Lilah was fascinated by this "window" and kept running up and asking Dan for tape.This is why she was asking for tape. She was very proud of her window:) And yes, that is her level and tape measure she was using to make it.

November in the Garden

Chicken Happenings

I had some great pictures of Bleu during her molt...she was pretty much featherless for a while and looked really funny. Lilah somehow erased the pictures though:( So, here are just a bunch of random pics.

This is the current coop (tractor)

This is Dan working on what will be the new coop. We are planning on nest box access from insider our porch. We are also adding compost bins along the north wall of it.

Homegrown and updates

So, for the first time since Lilah was born almost 3 years ago, Dan and I went to the movies! We went to the Tivoli and saw Homegrown, it was part of the St. Louis International Film Festival. I have been going to Path to Freedom for inspiration for a couple of years now and was really looking forward to this documentary. It was very good and Dan and I will be up late tonight discussing it and future plans for us I am sure:)

We also harvested a bunch of lettuce, green onions, and arugula yesterday. We still have several tomatoes that havent gotten bit by frost yet as well. We are covering the two beds on the east side of the house at night, trying to keep them going for a bit still.

We havent gotten the fence up around the new beds yet, but it is a top priority before spring. I have a bunch of bulbs I have to get in before the ground freezes as well.

We have been planning on adding bees and I think that will also be on the list for spring. I still really want goats, and Dan is getting more and more sold on the idea, so in a couple of years, maybe.

We are also debating adding more chickens next spring . Dan is building a new coop. The current tractor is great, but as we no longer use it for moving them around, we want a permanent coop. They are free-ranged in our yard full time so it would make more sense to have a sturdier and bigger coop. We keep going back and forth with whether we should get a bunch of chickens to raise for food......dont know if I can do it:(

Oh, and maybe we found a remedy to our rabbit problems:) The fence should help a bit, but it looks as if a family of feral cats moved into the house behind us. I am more than happy to get them neutered and keep them fed if they would take care of the rabbits for us. It was actually pretty sad....there were two (looked to be around 4-5 months) eating the chicken food today. We have had some mice out there lately, so maybe they will take care of them as well! Sorry for the bad pic, but we had to take it through the window and screen.

Fall Foliage

Some pictures of the view from my front yard

YES WE DID!!!!!

I watched this video frequently leading up to election day, and felt inspired each time. Now, with the election over, it still moves me and makes me proud to be an american.