100 birds

Last week we picked up 32 Indian Runner ducklings from the post office, and yesterday we picked up 51 Araucanas chicks and 3 Narragansett turkey poults. Add those to our 5 hens, 8 Guineas, and 1 Cockatiel and we have exactly 100 foul! Right now most of them are very small balls of fluff, but I know how quickly they grow! Soon we will have birds all over the place... My oldest son will be so proud!

Four weeks ago I bought two raspberry plants at Baker Creek. One of them had several leaves on it but the other hadn't started leafing out - it was just a stick. After two weeks, it finally had one leaf on it. The day after I had noticed the leaf, I was leaving for work and happened to glance over and see that the entire plant was GONE. I jumped out of the car and began looking around to see if I could figure out what had happened to it. Guess where I found it - lying up by the house in Trailer's pile! My dog is somewhat of a kleptomaniac, he collects bones, sticks, antlers, shoes, and all kinds of things. Apparently, my raspberry plant with it's one leaf looked like a fine stick to be added to his collection. I chastised the dog, picked it up, and re-planted it, but - needless to say - it is minus it's one leaf. It's back to plain stick status. I hope the poor thing comes out of it.

Peace, healthy plants and obedient dogs...