The Crape Myrtle trees that we planted along the driveway are in full bloom. They look amazing with all of the red, pink, and purple colors.
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Duck Update
Our ten Peking Ducks are doing well. Their feathers have come in, they’ve turned from yellow to white, and they’ve become creatures of habit.
They’re excited to get fresh water in their kiddie pools each morning and have become super vocal if you don’t let them out of their coop early enough. We call it “Angry Daddy Duck Voice”… They certainly have a very specific quack that lets you know when they’re not happy about something.
New chickens on the farm today
The garden is in full swing
The aquaponics system is working well and the garden is in full swing. The bell peppers have put on fruit, the potatoes are putting out a ton of greens, and the tomatoes are giving us handfuls of tomatoes each day.
New arrival: Peking Ducks
A while back I was talking to my stepmom about the animals on the farm. She asked “what’s next?” and I talked about wanting to do a run of Peking Ducks at some point.
The best day to plant a tree
We’ve lost a few of the larger trees on the property and decided that it was time to add some new ones to make up for it. We placed one Camphor tree in the front pasture and four in the back pasture. In a few years, they should provide shade for livestock.
The system got larger.
It was bound to happen… We added onto the aquaponics system. Quite considerably.
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The aquaponics experiment here on the farm is going well.
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The girls had fun climbing up on top of mulch mountain today. I figured it couldn’t hurt… It’s just a ten foot pile of wood mulch, what’s the worst that can happen?
Sometimes you have to improvise
One of our turkeys was being picked on and just like with chickens, it never ends well if you allow the other birds to continue picking on the victim. This hen was getting pecked in the head and ended up with an open wound.
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