Hapy Half Acre update. In 17 weeks HHA will be offering fresh cage free eggs. We have added 40 chicks to our flock. Giving us a total of 45 chickens, we will be collecting about 28 dz eggs a week. We plan on selling the eggs aong with fresh produce from our garden from a farm stand in out front yard.
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With all the ice in the yard, just feeding the chickens was an adventure. There were a few wipe-outs, but no one was hurt. The chickens don’t really mind the cold as long as the can keep their feet dry. The children really enjoyed sliding on the ice covered slide. They slid much faster than they were used to.
We are very glad none of the icy branches fell on the house. We did have a bunch of ice pieces falling on the roof last night.
After playing in the cold, we all came in for some welcome hot chocolate.
Posted from my Android phone.
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Our pet turtle has outgrown his old tank. So, today the children and I moved him to a bigger home.
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Here at Happy Half Acre, we are dedicated to growing quality produce while nurturing a healthy family environment. No, really, we are trying a new twist on our gardening methods, Four Season Gardening. We are using low tunnels to “over winter” our crops. By using low tunnels, we can gain 8-12 degrees and reduce the amount of evaporation as well. These conditions are good for growing cold tolerant crops (spinach, kale, greens, lettuce, etc…) By having this “extra” growing season, we hope to sell out-of-season produce from a farm stand in our front yard. Our lot is 1/2 an acre so we decided to call our small farm Happy Half Acre. Here are some picture of us seeding our first low tunnel. There is also a layout of the plants growing in it.
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- Evan keeping track of the tunnel layout.
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- Ella helping Daddy sow the seed.
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- Marking out the holes.
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- Aaron sowing Red Russian Kale seeds.
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- Ayden sowing spinach seeds.
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- HHA Low Tunnel Layouts.
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- HHA Low Tunnel #1
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I just saw Laura Bush, Gen. Colin Powell, & Rudy Giuluani.
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It’s one of those times you will for the rest of your life remember where you were. I was expecting our first child and not quite awake when the phone rang. It was dear Sis Smith calling to ask people to pray for our country. I couldn’t quite understand what she was saying. I think she had to repeat herself a couple times. By this time, the first three planes had hit their marks. My first thought was “So this is it, the end of the world.” (Pretty ethnocentric huh?)
My second thought was, ” What are we thinking bringing a baby into this world? Maybe we shouldn’t.” Nine years and five babies later I’ve obviously decided we SHOULD! This is my counter attack. No, I have no guarantee that my children will grow up to be salt and light, but by God’s grace they will. They will be warriors of the one true Kingdom for the one true King of Kings. “Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. ” Psalm 127:3-5
Our Counterattack
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