thus far, in the garden, i've put in a row of taters (mixed red and yukon gold) but i still have another row to do, i transplanted out some chinese cabbage and rainbow chards, i weeded and fed the over-wintered kale and chards and they're doing awesome, noted the asparagus is coming up and got to eat one today!, transplanted out some strawberries. the peas are coming up but only one spinach has. i have 4 more to put out, though, once they get big enough with some new kales. The Boy and i foraged a ton of wild creasy greens and wild garlics so i sauteed them today with some kale. mmmmm!
got some new chickies! 6. 3 reds and 3 ameraucana. also put a couple of new plants in my cactus/succulent tub.
so all in all, been productive. sold some more eggs and traded some for patchouli oil and patchouli soap handmade from a friend's goat milk. oh, and made some of my own almond milk. damn, it's good, even unsweetened! i soaked the almonds overnight, then put them in the vitamix and voila! fresh almond milk. the left over almond meal is yummy, too. might just freeze it for when i'm going to do some baking and then use it. we'll see. also took my kefir mother out of the fridge and am waking her up in fresh milk. hoping i didn't leave her slumbering too long. it looks like she's waking up, though, which'll mean fresh kefir, too.
MMMMMMMMM!
it's hard to limit numbers of critters. i have to rein myself in with dogs because there are so many dogs in need, so many being killed because no one wants them. i want to save them all, bring them home, make them fat. but, like you said here, if the space and bank account can't handle any more, it's cruel to get more. on everyone involved. but it's soooo hard lol. i'll take some more pics of our chicks today. 4 of them have sprouted wing feathers! the other 2 are obviously a couple of days younger and still have only their nubbies, but they grow so quick. thankfully my space here is so huge i can handle more chickens. just not more dogs!
And Emilia is too smart for her britches. Watching the cat go over the fence, she realizes how to do it in steps, even with her wings clipped, and we've found her in the yard a time or two. She may not make it as long as the others, if she does that too many times. Odd, though. They have all they need for food and water, and then some, but she is the only one that really wants to explore. The others are happy as long as we're nearby.