Chicken Yard

Andy was hard at work yesterday morning building a pen for our poultry. We can and will let them out to free range, but they really don't need too much space. The compost pile is all of their dreams come true, so for now they'll be just fine in their new hangout area. They now have a space all their own, and we have a yard that can be used for entertaining, playing, and just plain sitting! The Donnas have done a nice job fertilizing and greening up our grass now we can enjoy it! 

The hops are what's hoppening!

Hahaha I couldn't resist! 

So, we had a tour visitor who was absolutely certain that hops ONLY grew straight up and were IMPOSSIBLE plants to train.  I smiled and said we were new to farming and new to growing hops, but thought we'd try it anyway. Trial and error. But now, I look outside and see this plant growing up and hanging a right on the line!  Booya!