Well we finally got rain last night after all day of clouds and thunder. It was great falling asleep to it and wonderful thoughts of fresh rain water for the garden.
So this morning I got up early, fed the chickens and checked on the baby chicks. And stared at the garden wondering where to start first since it was a lot cooler today. I haven't weeded in close to two weeks since the temps have gotten to 95+ and it just wasn't something I wanted to do in this heat. The tomatoes need to be pruned and the cucumbers need more length to trellis since the corn was already harvested for the chickens.
So I went back in and made some coffee and started on breakfast waiting for my two year old to be woken up so she can spend some time running off the pent up energy from being cooped up inside for weeks.
Fast forward a couple of hours and we head outside to do the things. We check the chickens again then I weed the garden and prune the tomatoes and add a few trellis' for the cucumbers while she plays in the mud puddles.
Gave the grass and weeds pulled from the garden to the chickens and my daughter helped collect eggs. She has such a way of expressing no fear when it comes to animals I know I taught her right in that aspect. We checked the baby chicks again and I'm pretty sure that out of the five blue laced red wyandottes I have, we have one rooster! And that's great! More beautiful chickens in our future.
The cucumbers and their trellis, so you guys know what I'm talking about
The cute little bucket I collect eggs in for now till I make one of those egg collecting apron things
Here's my troop of beautiful road island reds