Pallet Shed Idea

So while playing around on the internet today I came across the neatest idea. This shed is built of discarded pallets. What a neat way to recyle - Larry has given me the o.k. to do this so I will be collecting pallets over the winter and come next Sping we will be putting one of these up to use as a goat shed for the goats that we want to get.

Here is a link to the site :

Pallet Shed

Marans Chickens

Aren't these just the coolest eggs you have ever seen ? These eggs come from the Marans Chicken. I am wanting to add a bunch of these beauties to my flock.

Above is what is called a Wheatan Maranas and it is the colour that I will soon be adding. However before I purchase them I need to build a separate hen house and run for them. I have a goal to reproduce more of these little buggers and want them to be purebred. I think that the eggs would sell well at the farmer's market.

Thinking about Rabbits

So the other day I came across a wonderful deal on Rabbit cages. These 3 cages are huge and I only paid 5 $ each for them. I have been thinking a long time about raising rabbit's to eat as a way to cut down on the meat bill. When I saw these cages I just couldn't help myself, I took my last bit of money to buy them, Larry was less then impressed but they will come in handy next spring. Have a bit of reading up on rabbits to do and need to build something to hold them.

Garden Thursday

Well I have to say that this garden has really been a learning experience !! I am starting to build the fence out of some of the smaller tree's and saplings located on the property. I am cutting them down with a hand saw, on the to buy list is a chain saw lol. Yesterday while cutting down saplings the saw slipped and I now am sporting a deep gash in my thumb :(Anyway's as you can see towards the back is still a large area that needs the sod taken up. A rototiller for next year is in the works too.

This is one of 12 butternut squash plants that I have in the garden. It is the one that is doing the best

It even has the start of a blossom on it

I have 6 cuke plants in too, they weren't doing so great for quite awhile but now seem to be taking off. I think they were not getting enough water before.

These are my sweet pea plants, they are doing o.k. but the ones that I have in the front of the house in a container are doing so much better. The ones in the container are 4 times this size and are loaded with pea's.

This is one of 2 eggplant's that I planted this year. It is doing o.k., smaller then I think it should be but it looks like it will start blooming any day now.

I think that the soil is a bit on the poor side here , but this being my first in ground garden I don't really know if it is the ground or my gardening skills. At the moment I am spending every spare moment reading about gardens, I am also checking up on raised beds to see if that might work out better for next years garden.

My garden

This is my garden - sorry for the lousey picture - I still have a 10 x 10 patch that needs to be dug out. I have been cutting down some small tree's that will serve for a fence around the garden plot as the dogs love to run through the garden. Need to do something to keep my baby plants from being trampled.

We Have Chickens

Well we are now the proud owners of 4 1/2 acres of land and 1 1975 12x60 mobile home. We signed the paperwork to buy this place 2 months ago. 25,000 + 5,000 interest to be paid off in 5 years. Now that we own this place we can start doing what we want to the place, not much will get done this year as it is already into summer but I did manage to put together a small chicken coop that houses 4 hens, 1 rooster and 1 very sweet female duck. The chickens should go to laying sometime at the end of July or 1st part of August. I also put in a small garden about 12 feet wide by 23 feet long - will post pictures of the garden soon.