The 20 new chicks are all alive and well. Growing fast. Attached is a picture of a few on the roosting bars that I built for them out of scrap lumber. I also built them a nesting box. I still have to build their "chicken tractor". A chicken tractor is a mobile chicken coop with an open bottom so they can free range while still being protected from predators.
Ryan caught a big bass in our pond on Saturday night. We also have big catfish and big sunfish, but we thought we only had little bass. He was very excited.
Our new neighbor, Lou, brought by a TON (4 flats) of strawberries on Saturday afternoon. I guess she knows the local fruit growers well and they give her the extra berries they don't sell. I made and canned 19 jars of strawberry jam and 7 jars of strawberry lemonade concentrate. Both turned out awesome!!! For the strawberry lemonade concentrate I had to juice 32 lemons!
Soon it will be time for blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries! Can't wait!
