May Day

Our May Day weekend was quite active - we added 16 Golden Comet hens + 1 GC rooster to our little flock for a total of 30 egg laying machines.  For now they're in the barn coop but in the next day or so they'll become free-rangers.  (pics coming soon)

We also acquired another swarm of bees for a total of 3 active hives at Smith's Creek Farm.  Brady & Cody captured the queen and her girls and set up the new hive in our growing hive field.  We tried planting a patch of wildflowers for them to enjoy but ending up tilling mud clods instead.  Guess we'll wait a few more days for things to dry out.  Brady has the swarm pics - I'll post later.

Same issue with the garden - it's broken into mud clods as well.  Need another couple passes when the weather FINALLY returns to normal.  Our annual rainfall to date is 7 1/2" above normal!  But ... we stay hopeful for sunny warm weather....

Not one but TWO rainbows!  :)

What's Blooming

Dogwoods!!!  Apple trees, Redbud

Coming Up

Set GC rangers loose, clean chicken coop, work on garden (weather permitting), hive inspection, more sock knitting