I love Lucy!

…Gretchen and Buttercup! (That’s me with Buttercup.)

Pickled Green Tomatoes & Peach Preserves

My favorite helper & favorite hen; Jonathan & Lucy!

A new batch of peach preserves.
Pickled Green Tomatoes Recipe from Michael Symon

Trying new recipes is always fun but today’s new kitchen adventure was special, pickling for the first time since I was a kid with 10 year old son. The tomatoes came from my garden, [...]

Gretchen…aka Bubbles

Bubbles has a new name and shall now be known as Gretchen! She’s a Lakenvelder, a German breed and I really wanted a name to suit her heritage. Crazy, I know.
They are enjoying a spell of free range time in the flower garden and where the compost pile used to be. Finding fat, juicy [...]

Mi Casa de Pollo

The chicken house is in place & the girls seem very happy in their new home. It’s tucked into the corner of my garden, fits right in & I can see the girls moving about in the run while I’m standing at my kitchen sink. Love that!

Chicks in the City

This was taken on Saturday and is our first egg!
 
Here are my new girls. They’ve been here almost a week now and I’m having so much fun watching there goings on and listening to their sounds. So far we’ve gotten 3 eggs, all from Lucy, the biggest hen. She’s an Athen’s Rare Breed. I [...]