Random happenings

My family and I spent most of the weekend building and filling a huge raised bed garden in our yard. We built it with cinder blocks and it is neither level nor straight. My mom said it looks like a model of the Great Wall of China. It might not look tidy, but it will be a fine home for strawberries, cucumbers, carrots, beets, onions, and salad greens. Hopefully some trailing flowers down the front will make it look pretty. I've spent the last few weeks filling every spare plastic container (empty salad and strawberry containers, etc) with soil and starting seeds in them. Soon I'll be transplanting those into the new raised bed or into the larger garden which will be planted with corn, beans, potatoes, tomatoes, and broccoli. We're getting quite a bit of delicious, thick, dark yolked eggs from our chickens, who are happily tilling and fertilizing next year's garden. Two of our silkies are setting eggs for next year's layers. Spring is here :)