Crusty Bread

I found a recipe in a magazine for bubbly, crusty bread so I gave it a try. It turned out wonderful! I have never made bread that was so much like bread from a good bakery before.

Baby Chicks

We have forty baby chickens in the house right now. Half are layers and half are meat birds. They are quite cute and fun to watch. This morning I found one of the little Rhode Islands sleeping on top of the waterer. They were all in one box together, but they were getting so crowded that yesterday I separated them into two boxes.

Wildflower

Isn't this pretty?

Spring

The weather has been so nice the last few days that we have been spending a lot of time outside. We bought some small trees from the conservation district. Those have all been planted now. We have also been working on getting the garden spot ready. We have been working on the fence and tilling the whole area.
Today we are running errands. We picked up some grape vines to plant, got some garlic and seed potato, and are picking up forty baby chicks. We should be busy for awhile.

Our little trees.

Andrew planting a blue spruce.Andrew tilling the garden.

Another shot of Andrew

Some little flowers I found

My turn!

An Announcement

Most of you who read my blog already know but for those who don't know yet we have some news. Andrew and I are expecting a baby in August!!! We are so excited!

Our Snowman

We had fun building a snowman the other day. It was the first time that the snow was just right since we've been home.

Winter Activities

I know it has been a long time since I have posted even though we have been home for quite awhile now,but it is hard to have enough time while at the library. We have been using up our internet time reseaching gardening, raising livestock, fruit trees and farming ideas. We have also been reading tons of books that we have checked out. It has been keeping us busy!
Besides all our studying we have been enjoying having a few people over for dinner, playing games, enjoying the lovely snow, and having fun with our new cat.

Snow on the branches

Our new cat. He still doesn't have a name.

One night the power went out and we enjoyed playing cribbage by candle and lamplight.