Spring Is Here - The Chicks Have Arrived!

Spring is officially here in the Wood household - our baby chicks arrived! We used to raise chickens every year, but it's been a few since we've done that, and I'm excited to have little peepers again.

We ordered 50 of the little fuzz balls, and 54 were sent. All was well until this morning, however, as Kevin said we lost our first one :(  We usually lose a few along the way, but it's still sad even though we expect it.

Kevin has been busy revamping the chicken coop in preparation for these little guys. A couple of window panes needed fixed, and the coop needed cleaning out (we store garden stuff in there sometimes). And we've got to build the outside pen for them still, but with a few nice warmer spring days, that shouldn't take Kevin and the boys very long to do.

We've also gotten a few garden seeds planted, and a few are even up. Kevin started cauliflower, celery, cabbage, Brussels sprouts and, of course, tomatoes and ground cherries. I think all but the celery is up, but either way, we're that much closer to stuff in the garden!!

Of course, we have tons of seeds left to plant, mostly those that we start directly in the garden, and I have a ton of herbs that I'm going to find permanent places for this year. Last year I grew my herbs in pots, but this year I'm hoping to have permanent places closer to the house so I can pick and cut as I need when I'm cooking or brewing up some sort of concoction.

Spring is such a fun time. Everything is young and new, and just knowing that soon I can be scratching in the dirt and soon have something to can for the family is a great feeling :)