Fall Field Trip

We went to P6 Farms in Montgomery for a Fall Field trip.  They have a huge Corn Maze and lots of stuff for the kids to do.  All three kids had a blast!

Chicks..... Now Chickens!

I had no idea how fast baby chicks could grow!!  Our little chicks are all grown up! Troye worked hard and got the co-op ready to move them into!  I love the way it looks!!  We still have some finishing touches to do, but it is functional for the chicks for now and I am sure they are happier with more room!!  We have also been letting the free range during the day and they go everywhere!  They also will come right up to you to see if you brought them a treat, so fun!  We found some surprises they had hidden in the woods!  The first discovery contained 17 eggs!!!!  We have no idea how many chickens were laying there or how long!  The second contained 24 eggs!!!  It was so crazy to find that many!  So for now, we are going to confine them to the coop so that they can learn to lay in the nesting boxes!  We also moved the big chickens over so all 14 chickens are now housed together.  I am not sure they all like that but hopefully they will learn to like it! 

Green house update!

Well we have been working hard to complete the greenhouse! It was 85% complete, just needed the front wall installed when we were able to teach the boys a lesson on air resistance! The greenhouse basically had 3 walls completed with the one wall just framed in when a huge storm rolled in! The greenhouse weathered the rain fine but the following day we had wind gust up to 40 mph! The greenhouse could not withstand that amount of wind when it was not closed in. The wind went I and had no where to go but up! So the main frame was lifted and several poles broke, leaving a mess! It was so frustrating! We were so close! But we used it as a lesson for the boys on both wind and procrastination! We had one day we could have finished it but we decided to wait until the weekend! Ugh! Lesson learned! Anyway we made sense of he mess and went and bought the needed supplies and rebuilt! We still have some work to do but this time it is structurally ok. The first day after it was up it was HOT inside! The plants will like it!