So I haven't written in quite a while, not sure what happened there I guess I just got caught up in other things! Anyways, something exciting happened last weekend. I went to let the ducks out of their little house, and after they came out of their house frantically flapping and yelling (this is how they greet me on a daily basis, as if I am someone who has come to violently assault them instead of feed them and fill up their bathing pool), I looked in the house and noticed a big blue egg. An egg! Finally! They laid one egg when we first got them last Spring and then they just stopped. We figured that the female was passed laying age but we were wrong. I think maybe they just needed privacy, last Spring they shared the coup with the chickens and didn't have their own enclosed private shelter. Evidentally they are modest creatures, who knew!
Since then we've gotten 5 eggs in total. My husband ate one for breakfast, they are really big eggs with a huge bright orange yoke. He said it tasted exactly the same as the chicken egg just bigger. For some reason the size freaks me out a little, I could definitely bake with them but eating them as is probably won't happen for me. We decided to try and hatch the other four, now down to three b/c one broke, the heating lamp fell directly on it the first day we had set it up. So we've got the temperature just right and hopefully the humidity is ok for the little duckies growing inside the eggs. This is a new thing for us so we're are interested to see if we'll be able to hatch them without purchasing an incubator, b/c that is not something I really want to get into.
I am so excited that Spring is finally here, asparagus season! yum!! We've been slowly cleaning up the yard and gardens getting ready for planting. Jon says he's going to get the compost this Saturday and prep the veggie garden, our soil was absolute crap last year and we really need to improve it. We asked the guys over at Hart Farm in Dennis Port, which is my very favorite place to buy anything and everything for our gardens, flowers and veggies. We also got all of our shrubs there last year. They are really great and if you've never gone you have to go check it out. They have great produce in the spring and summer also. They're about to open the brand new building also, I think they should have it up and running by Easter. Anyways as I was saying b/f my tangent we asked the guys over at Hart Farm how best to improve our soil and they said definitely go for the compost, so that's what we're going to do! I'll let you know the results this summer.
We will be composting the chicken poop from our coop as well to mix into the flower beds but that will take a little while to compost. We haven't even dug it out yet so that probably won't be ready until June or so. It should be great for the beds though once it's ready.
I am so excited to be able to get out into the yard and start digging and planting!! It's my favorite time of year. I really love working in the yard and getting to see the great results from all the hard work. Fabulous fresh veggies and gorgeous bright flowers to pick for the house, or just admire in the yard. I'm going to plant a ton of cosmos this year, pink variations along the deck and the orange shades out near the veggie garden. They grow just about anywhere and bloom well into the fall. They are so bright and cheery I just love them.
I'll be back soon with some last minute Easter ideas!!
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