The little quail pen. It’s easy to move so that they can dig in a fresh place from time to time.
An inside shot of the quail: the darker one is the female. Raising them has been fun and I can’t wait to try hatching their eggs (which, by the way, make delicious tiny omelets).
The upgraded chicken coop: now on a raised netting-covered platform. Most of the poop falls right through the netting, which reduces the mess and smell.
Clockwise: sage, mint, rosemary, lemon balm.
Tomato seedlings are in the ground.
Two of my favorite repotted geraniums. They are incredibly easy to propagate: just cut a piece, stick it in moist potting soil, and it will soon sprout roots. I’ve been making little plants to give to neighbors this way.
As you can see, we’ve been busy and enjoying the nice weather. I hope everyone is doing well and keeping safe.
Domestic Felicity 
Next time I go to the feed store I’ll have to pick up a few little pots of herbs and tomatoes. I seem to have been “blessed” with the thumb of death, but I’ always willing to try again.
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Try to grow tenacious self-propagating herbs like mint – it literally grows like a weed, keeps taking over the place.
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I’ll give it a shot. Does it grow in a swamp? You have to understand – I have killed snake plants, for goodness sake!
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Mint prefers well-drained soil as far as I know, but it’s pretty hardy. Planting on a slope is a possible solution if your soil retains water.
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Very cool! Are the chickens nice to each other?
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Yes, they are! They were all hatched at the same time. We also let them out, so they get plenty of recreation and don’t pick on each other.
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Nice to see your little farm!! So do you let the chickens run free at times to forage?
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Yes, absolutely! They get free range time every day.
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Lovely…such nice pets they make too…glad you figured out a good way to reduce smell etc…I am sure others appreciate that.
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We have one guy on our street who raises close to 200 pure-bred chickens of various heritage breeds in his backyard. I figured we can have half a dozen without bothering anyone ☺
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Sounds like a good kind of neighbor to have…if having a small farm!! 😉
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Yeah we enjoy visiting his back yard so much! It never gets old!
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