Black and Blue

Belgian D'Uccle Pullets

These two little beauties don't even have names yet but they are beautiful and friendly and apparently find lemon balm very, very tasty.

Canning

I confess that as rewarding as canning is, it is my least favorite part of gardening. Inside and over a hot stove, it smacks of cooking and we all know how I feel about that! Oh, I can do it. I just have better things to do with my time than cook for kids who would rather eat mac and cheese 24/7. Yeah, file that under "mom of the year award".  Unfortunately, I can't justify gardening if I am not productive with it and so - with MUCH prodding and help from my husband - I can. Under protest.

It's a circle of life kinda thing...

One of many advantages when trying live sustainably is less waste. For instance: we harvest grapes and make jellies and wine, the chickens eat the grape seeds and any bad grapes, the chickens then lay eggs and give us fertilizer to help the garden produce more grapes and other tasty treats. It's a circle of life kinda thing.

(Pictured on the left: 

Bawk, Squawk, Buford, Princess, 

Daphne, and Velma.)