Saturday, April 3, 2010

New Herb Bed and 3 Little Piggies

Since the pig got moved to the big pig pen, I decided to turn the small pen into another herb bed.  Along the back fence is a row of cucumbers, I'll keep it continually planted so that we eventually have a cucumber screen.  There is also Terragon, Spearmint, Peppermint, Stevia, and a row of Onion Chives along the front border.
The cool weather plants are doing well, although we did lose a few of the lettuce plants...
And the last of our gardening so far this year is the few container plants around the patio.  I have a window box with Chocolate Mint and Orange Mint....and another one with Chamomile.  We've got a Citronella plant in a pot to help keep the skeeters at bay, and a pot of Terragon.
 
With the weather warming more each day we were able to move the turkey poults out to the brooder pen.  We lost 1 of them after a baby goat jumped on it...but still have 23 going strong and feathering out...
Speaking of baby goats, Delight is our next doe due to kid.  Her due date is April 14...this will be her first freshening.
And lastly, we aquired another piglet this week.  Actually, she's the biggest of the 3.  They are all eating and growing like crazy. 

No comments: