Spring chickens
This past fall and winter, we had two hens die, so now that it is springtime, the husband’s thoughts lightly turned to—of course—new baby chicks. So, this fine Easter weekend morning, OmegaDad and OmegaDotter trekked off to the local hatchery and brought back a Belgian Bearded d’Uccle Bantam (mille fleurs variety) and a Frizzle, both about two weeks old. We now have Miss Frizzle:
And Millie:
They are happily ensconced in a heated plastic tub in the garage, and I am, of course, falling in love with them because they are so cute.
Yes, spring is rapidly springing here. The snow has melted off the north side of our front yard. Now, you’d expect it to melt off the south side first, but the south side of our yard is shaded by trees, so the north side gets freed up first. In the back yard, the back two vegetable beds are now snow-free, and we have purchased black plastic to wrap the beds to heat them up and thaw the soil in preparation for planting.
In our rock garden at the foot of the kitchen stairs, one happy Leopard’s Bane is leafing out luxuriantly. In the garden behind the house, the lilacs are budding their leaves.
A mama moose and her calf have been wandering the neighborhood eating everything they can find that has sap running through it, so I am planning to cut up strips of Bounce to tie onto the lilac bushes (this is rumored to keep moose away).
The trees have pussy willows bursting out at the tops.
Today it unofficially hit 50F here in Suburban Alaska.
Spring!
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