Currently growing in the garden....

Right now we are enjoying peppers, okra and tomatoes from the garden.  We had a couple of weeks of extra hot weather recently that seemed to stress the tomato plants and made our tomatoes have some blemishes, but trust me when I tell you they taste great!  

We are learning a lot this inaugural year with the raised beds.  I can see how the green house is really going to help us with doing even better next year.  Starting seeds early so you can plant small plants rather than seeds when the season is right makes for a longer period of harvesting.  

Getting the job done

Success!  

This is the first day we've had the guineas make their way up onto the raised bed garden and do their job ~ rid the raised bed garden of bugs.  

And just as advertised, they worked their way around without damaging any plants. 

 AWESOME!

Making themselves at home.....

Look who was peering in our kitchen window this evening.

Don't know what the attraction was, but these two decided to come up on the porch and stand on the grill to see what was going on inside.  

Rescue chickens

If someone asks you if you want some chickens someone else is giving away, what is the first question you should ask after "How old are they?"

Well if you were hoping for fresh backyard eggs, that question would be.. "Are they roosters or hens?"  It appears 5 of our 6 rescue chickens are roosters!

First of many we will find around here....

Guinea feathers

Nothing like tomatoes fresh from the garden!