Posted in Chickens, Flowers, Spring 2009, gardening, indoor gardening, tagged baby chicks, chicken coop, crocus in bloom, parsley, Rosey chick, seedlings, spring on March 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Good Morning!
This is my new screen saver – Rosey! She is growing right along and definitely has a different personality than the other two chicks; I wonder if chicks have unique personalities like people do … we will see.
They have become quite a bit more chirpy the past few days and at times they [...]
Posted in Chickens, birds, tagged baby birds, baby chicks, baby chicks on video, farm animals, Rhode Island Red chickens on March 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Well I have had these baby chicks for 1 week now and OMG they grow fast! It’s like you go to sleep and wake up the next morning and they grew up! Ok… now you have to understand I have never had chicks before so I am not a knowledgeable farmer on figuring them out [...]
Posted in Chickens, tagged baby chick video, Baby chickens, birds, farm birds, Rhode Island Red chickens on March 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Our trip down south was short but we sure did accomplish quite a bit and the main excitement for me was getting a few baby chicks. The farm store has a “Chick Sale” and I was surprised at the variety of chicks they had. We had agreed that I should only purchase 3 since they [...]
Posted in Illinois, Nature, birds, tagged birds, groundhog, Nature on March 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I spotted a friend in the yard this morning – well, not so sure he will be invited over for a friendly lunch once the gardens are growing …
Baby Groundhog
I brought along the camera on the morning walk and captured some sure signs of Spring -
The picture is quite a distance so somewhat unclear, but [...]
Posted in Companion Gardening, Herbs, gardening, tagged DIY, gardening, How To, seedlings, starter garden on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a slide show I created last year and shows some of the seedlings that I started and grew and this reminds me I need to do the same for this year…. Slide show Make sure to watch the original view and turn up your speakers!
Something that came to mind as I was looking [...]
Posted in Crafts, Dried Flowers, Flowers, garden crafts, nature crafts, tagged Crafts, DIY, dried flower arrangments, Dried Flowers, flower crafts, Flowers, garden crafts, gardening, nature crafts on March 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I grew flowers in the garden last season with the goal in mind to dry them and use them in flower arrangements. I scanned many catalogs and online references looking for the right flowers to grow. I succeeded with some and didn’t with others. The flowers that I found really easy to grow, dry and [...]
