Last week we got 5 ready-to-lay hens from our local feed store. They are a little shell shocked after being introduced to my old girls, who took to chasing them around pecking them. Once they establish that pecking order thing everything should go smoothly.
In the garden things are really starting to grow, grow, grow, after almost a week straight of rain...
...sugar snap peas are climbing...
...we had a great spinach salad last night, complete with our first two ripe strawberries! I've also been enjoying the arugula on my favourite pizza of all time...tomato sauce, mozza cheese and blobs of goat cheese with fresh arugula sprinkled on top when it comes out of the oven. Yum!And in the greenhouse, a tiny little pepper is growing...I think it is a California Wonder variety...
And speaking of growing, little Knut is starting to grow into those long legs and big paws...
And finally, yesterday I was quite excited to pick up a package from the post office that contained...
yipppeee my new spinning wheel! It was beautifully packaged and came with these extra goodies...
... a pile of roving and three spools full of spun wool on a lovely Lazy Kate. Now I can start processing some of my lovely Icelandic fleece. After I do that aforementioned housework and laundry...ugh!
