Posted by Amanda Silvey
Hello everybody! I know it’s been awhile since we posted anything, so here are a few pictures that give you a glimpse of what has been going on around here.
Spring is in the air. God’s creation is so beautiful!
In the morning before breakfast we head out to the garden to do some hoeing.
The weeds are growing pretty fast so we’ve had to stay on top of them.
We have found that these potato rakes are wonderful for getting weeds out.
With not using any chemicals in our gardening, picking potato bugs is an
everyday task. We have to be diligent to pick them every morning so that they
do not eat the plants.
Squash bugs like cool, dark places to hide under and we have found that placing
cardboard on the ground next to the squash plants has really helped. Usually in the
morning there will be a bunch of squash bugs under the cardboard, and we pick them off
and put them in a jar of water.
everyday task. We have to be diligent to pick them every morning so that they
do not eat the plants.
Squash bugs like cool, dark places to hide under and we have found that placing
cardboard on the ground next to the squash plants has really helped. Usually in the
morning there will be a bunch of squash bugs under the cardboard, and we pick them off
and put them in a jar of water.
We were blessed with a lot of rain this past week, and we nearly got flooded.
The rain has really helped the garden to take off.
Our tomato plants are growing big and fast.
We have some good sized tomatoes growing and
these will be turning red soon.
Beautiful corn stalks growing in Jacob’s garden.
The green bean plants are putting on and we have been picking a lot already.
Jared’s ducks absolutely love the rain!
that he had bought. It is so fun to watch them follow her all around the yard.
Here they are now.
They have grown so fast and they are almost as big as their mother!
Here are some of our chickens. We have Rhode Island Reds, Dominiques
(better known as "Dominickers" around here), and one guinea.
Here are some of our chickens. We have Rhode Island Reds, Dominiques
(better known as "Dominickers" around here), and one guinea.
Jared hatched some more chicks not too long ago and they are
really enjoying this outside pen Will built for them.
The chicks are really friendly and love to be fed scraps.
John is raising New Zealand rabbits for meat, and this is his first litter. He butchered one the other day and we had Rabbit and Dumplings. It tasted just like chicken! 
John and Will put together this outside pen for his rabbits
so that they can stay cooler when the hot weather starts up.
We were excited to find a bunch of boysenberries
growing along the edge of our property, and we made some Boysenberry Jam…Yum!
Sarah and Grace were having a lot of fun with this
box turtle we found, which is affectionately called “Stacy”.
A beautiful sunset
“The heavens declare the glory of God;
And the firmament shows
His handiwork.”
Psalm19:1
