Coming Along

Well dear friend the garden is coming along quite nicely.
The heat has encouraged the lettuce to wilt and the spinach to bolt but the tomatoes worship it!

Tiny peppers are gracing the ancho chili plant.Petite blossoms are appearing on the banana squash. I am very eager to see how colossal the fruits are going to be. The card indicated the fruit can grow to 3’ long…if this works it will be feeding the masses!!
Gardening is a grand experiment; sometimes everything flourishes and from time to time your zucchini turns yellow and struggles to survive.

The little girls are doing well; they are growing into their beaks and feathers at an alarming rate. Scraggly teenagers are rapidly melting into dramatic, sleek, robust chickens. Good for you girls. Keep on.

The only real issue at the farm lately, RATS!!
They have taken up residence.
I want them gone.
I do not relish the idea of killing them but they are uninvited guests.
For a few years we have been rat free. I have racked my brain if I began doing something different. The big girls have been ejected from the coop for the time being*; maybe they are attracted to the excess feed the little girls knock on the floor of the coop, maybe the rats are attracted to the excess feces? I have heard both can attract them.


I’ll keep you posted.


*the little girls need some time to grow up before they try and play with the big 'uns