Do You Hear What I Hear??? Peep! Peep! Peep!

The chicks have arrived!!

I ordered 80 male Cornish Cross birds.....

The post office called me at 8AM

just as I had finished setting up

the water and food. 

This is what I came home with!! 

The box has 4 compartments that held 

20 chicks in each one!

Happy little peepers running all

around eating and drinking and

being merry!

Bzzzzzz HONEY BEES

Check out the pollen on her legs!

BUSY bee for sure!

Honey bee in flight!

It won't be long now until we open the hives

and take out some frames of honey!

There's NOTHING like fresh

harvested honey!!

I can't wait!

Plum Crazy

Plums, plums everywhere... .and lots and lots to figure out!! 

We planted two plum trees a few years ago... maybe even 8 or so years ago 

and now they have begun to fruit like crazy! 

Last year I had enough to make a batch or two of jelly... 

which came out delicious!! 

BUT THIS YEAR... 

oh my word, we're gonna have lots more!

I've been researching ideas.... 

and I think I'm going to start with an 

Asian Plum Sauce 

and a Sweet & Spicy Plum Sauce 

and then my good ol' stand by, plum jelly!!! 

I might try making a plum leather or wine...

 but that will be a decision for another day!! 

For now... I just gotta get picking and 

get started on SOMETHING!!