I’ve been watching Justin Rhodes’ channel and have been inspired to try putting the chickens in the garden. He uses his chickens to work up the soil and help beak down the mulch. I’m hoping to get them moved in with in the next couple weeks that way they will have plenty of time to get the garden ready by planting time.
We had a nice, quiet Christmas with family playing games, visiting, laughing, enjoying each others company…. ya know, all the good stuff of Christmas. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
Well, there wasn’t any ice in the bucket this morning. I’m not sure if it actually worked or if it was because the coop is insulated and the temperature didn’t get as low as it normally has. So I’m continuing the experiment.
I read about a little trick you can do to keep water from freezing in chicken waterers so I decided to give it a try.
Started the day out with the normal chores, then did a little laundry, went shopping and when we got home we found a package had arrived.
The storm’s over so we ventured outside to get fresh air and see how all the animals are doing.
We are decorating our Christmas cookies and the kids decided to have a little contest to see who could decorate the best Christmas tree. Which one do you like?
The winter storm made it here and it turned out to be everything it was predicted to be. It was the perfect day to stay inside and make candy. The turkeys roosted outside the evening before the storm came but then decided that the barn is a much nicer place to be once the wind picked up and the snow started to fall.
We were wrapping presents and all of a sudden we heard someone on the roof… who could it be? Miley got her favorite cookies cut out and baked so we’re getting a couple steps closer to being ready for Christmas.
Well, it was one of those days where we really should have just given up, went back to bed and started the day over again. But despite the rough start, the day actually turned out pretty good and best of all we got the majority of our Christmas baking done.
Humble Little Homestead 