I'm keeping my post short today... just some bullet points, but I hope to do entire posts on some of this really soon!
• Our laundry line is up and ready to go!
• The garden is FINALLY looking like it will produce something other than lettuce!
• However, I'm losing the battle of weeds in the garden this year.
• I am fermenting my first batches of pickles! Hope they turn out good!
• My sourdough starter is doing well and I'm going to start making things with it this week. Yum!
• I finally got my lovely clematis planted (which I've had for over a year) and it looks beautiful!
• I'm working on digging a huge hole to plant two climbing roses bushes next to the chicken coop. I've dreamed of this forever!... roses climbing up the coop that is.
• I have a rooster!! Actually two. Seems that whoever sexed the layers didn't do too good a job. Two out of eight are male. One is a lovely Buff Orpington rooster which I'll probably keep.
• I've been cleaning out the school room of old books and curriculum as well as adding more bookshelves in order to get ready for the fall.
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Climbing rose bush--yay! :) What color(s)?
ReplyDeleteIt through me off saying Preparedness Challenge #19 lol
ReplyDeleteThe weeds do seem to really take over this time of year.
ReplyDeleteGo, Lady, go! :)
ReplyDeleteThere are so many great things going on at your house! Hooray for your garden! I have zucchini, and I'm super excited that my tomato starts are thriving.
ReplyDeleteLOL!!!!!! Can you tell I was tired, Brittany, when I posted this as the Preparedness Challenge? I have officially corrected the title. This REALLY IS a Barn Hop!
ReplyDeleteI am planting a yellow Lady Banks rose which will bloom in the spring and then I got a Cecile Brunner that is a continual bloomer (most only bloom once a year, but this one repeats - from Antique Rose Emporium in TX). I can't wait!!
ReplyDeleteOh the weed, the weeds..the flower seeds of the old fashioneds I planted using see balls I don't where there are...I have a ground cover of somekind of weed, it is green and looks like marigolds...so it is keeping the other weeds at bay...although I think the money plant may produce some everlanstings...I hope so...can't wait..
ReplyDeleteMy dream coop will have roses too! Your girls will smelling sweet.
ReplyDeleteAll these posts from fellow homesteaders is so inspiring...I learn something new every time.
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting and good luck with those weeds (I always lose to them by late summer)!
ReplyDeleteThank for the great barn hop! I've joined every week since I found your website even though I'm homesteading an apartment. I would love to make sourdough starter but I'm afraid I don't have the time between the rabbits, cleaning, the gardens and work. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm actually surprised at how easy the sourdough stater is to maintain. Even though cultured dairy is not hard, this is even easier!
ReplyDeleteI've been busy growing stuff up the side of the coop and run as well! I love how it looks and the shade it provides!
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