Sunshine and Popsicles

All the snow has finally melted, the grass is getting greener, and the boys brought me the first of the dandelions yesterday. I'd say it's finally SPRING. It's been a long winter and I'm so happy the sun is out and everything is growing. I have some seedlings that are almost ready to go in the ground, and with hopefully our last freeze warning last night, they should be planted next week. I have some beets, corn, and carrots already planted in my raised beds. I also planted 4 different kinds of mint, lemon balm and some dwarf dahlias in a wine barrel next to my front door. I covered them with an old sheet last night to protect from the frost. 

The chickens have been laying about 7 eggs a day, so we have been sharing a lot with Chris' coworkers, Tim and Dave. As long as I check them a couple times throughout the day, they don't try to eat them. I think they just did that in the early spring because they were bored and didn't want to walk outside in the snow. We've been letting them walk around the yard while we watch them, and they love it. August has a favorite chicken and will follow her around the whole time we have them out. He calls her Duck Life, which is a computer game the kids like to play, but her real name is Josephine. She's a Cuckoo Maran and lays beautiful dark brown almost chocolate colored eggs. On Tuesday we got a massive double yolk-er, it is about twice as big as the normal eggs. I wonder why they lay such big eggs sometimes.