Springing Forward...

It looks like our turkeys are done laying for the year.  We've had a very good spring with them with about 30 poults hatched and doing well.  I cleaned the incubator this week, and reloaded it with eggs that should hatch our 2012 layers.  Our roos are RIR, but our hens are a combination pure RIR, RIR X Americana mix, and a single white leghorn.  You will notice that there are 4 white eggs...this is the first year I've tried hatching any of the Leghorn's eggs since she's crazy.  I'm attempting to hatch some of her eggs this year because she's such a good layer.  At nearly 4 years old she still lays at least 3 eggs a week, putting every one into the nestbox despite the fact that she has complete run of the place and spends most of her time out in the woods.  We'll see what happens....

The herb garden is coming along great...we harvested a few lettuce leaves for sandwiches this afternoon, and everything is sprouting up well...

Our first water lilly of the year opened today....I look forward to the first one every year and know that spring is really here once they start...

The wisteria is really beginning to cover the arbor that Bob built for me last year....

Here's a look from under the canopy...

Our brand new grape has several flower clusters coming up.....I'll be thrilled if we actually get any grapes this year!

And our Chamomile is getting ready to flower as well.  It reseeded over the winter and is already nearly ready to harvest some of the blossoms!

Speaking of blooms....the garlic is a bit early on developing flowers this year....I hope that all the thinning we've done will pay off and we get some nice fat cloves...

And nearly done for the year is the broccoli.  We're allowing some to go to seed, which we'll plant in the fall...

Staying busy as usual!