We are back to eating weeds, and other news...

It's going to be a two blog posts evening because I can't combine all the adventures of the day into one!  So this is the one of random odds and ends and then I'll get down to business on the other one!

Can you see the little male mason bee in the bottom far right corner.  I think they are super cute!

I think we have bought close to 100 pounds of carrots this winter from our friend who operates Seasons Bounty Farm. I think this is the best carrot we have found to date!

Weeding the onion beds landed us this mess of winter cress.  I'm loving that it is that time of year - when everything is greening up and we can start consuming all sorts of delicious "weeds."

Not sure there is much to say about this one!  She was entertaining herself the other evening and came up with this.  There is no end to the creative juices flowing through this residence!

FIRST CHICK hatched this morning with another soon to follow and two more while we were hiking.  Hopefully lots more peeping will be heard throughout the night tonight.  Exciting for the young and old alike!

I am posting a picture of them each looking at the incubator alone since they are struggling to share the space - neither wishing to give up prime viewing abilities.

There's the little chickie who gets the prize for being the first out of the egg.  The one that followed was a little dark one. Alida is eager to get her hands on them!

First "nettle eggs" of the season!

They accompanied the sausage and squash winter cress soup superbly for this morning's brunch.

We are expecting busy bees and so added some additional housing for them to expand into.  Here's hoping they like it!