Friday, August 26, 2011

The Worst Blogger Ever


Yes, that would be me. While I never intended this to be a daily blog, it has now been almost a year since I wrote an entry. Yikes! This will change - I promise! I have lots of garden and hen news to catch everybody up on.

First of all, we now have a super cool egg storage vessel. (Photo at left.) My husband found this at the Rose Bowl Flea Market and it is supposedly from France circa the 1950s. I love it!

Secondly, and sadly, our noisy hen Wanda died last week. It was unexpected and sad, and we still don't know what happened. Luckily we still have Lottie (our black and white) and Maude (the non-colored-egg-laying Easter Egger) and they are in good health. They seem to be a little depressed and this has resulted in very little egg-laying the past week.

We did place an order for three new chicks, which should be arriving the week of September 12. We ordered an Australorp, a Golden Laced Wyandotte and a White Leghorn. (photos below!) It felt a little soon, but we didn't want to wait until Spring to replenish the flock.



Okay, that's it for now! We are in the midst of a major garden/backyard renovation, so I will be posting about that soon.