Spring is here

While everyone else in the country is under snow, the trees are budding here in our backyard

Lime blossums

Red Baron Peach Tree

Our Anna Apple

The big apricot tree.

Peas are starting to ripen.

The first egg

Update

 

 Here's the first bed.  We've been harvesting microgreens for the past couple of weeks.

 This is the fig tree with some peas around the edges

 Pineapple guava tree next to our herb garden

 Rainbow swiss chard

 Collard greens

 Russian Red Kale

 Rouge d'Hiver Lettuce

 Arugula

 Dwarf Kale

 Tango lettuce

 Mammoth peas

 New zealand spinach

 Blueberry

Strawberry.

First seeds are growing

 Here is the first bed of greens.  The cilantro is on the right and the left and then more medially on the right are some turnip greens and on the left some korean cabbage.

Basil sprouts in the herb garden

 OK, I have no clue what these are.  My mom planted all of these.

Cilantro..

 No clue... I think these are Korean cabbage.

 Again, this is the herb garden and I have no clue what these are.

 Turnip greens.

 More turnips?

Chicken coop

It starts with the chickens

Today we got two 6 week old Ameraucana chickens.  Their names are Henna and Starlight, with Henna being the larger dark headed pullet.



Karenna named Henna and Kalista named Starlight and they love the chickens.  Perhaps a bit too much.



I made a chicken tractor for them which I think will work in our small lot.

Plant list

I'm trying to keep a list of plants I want to grow that I think will do well in the climate.  I'll adjust this post as needed

Moringa
strawberry tree
Fig
Peach
california hazelnut - tolerates shade.
pacific blackberry - tolerates shade.
blueberry
New Zealand spinach
comfrey
nanking cherry
mulberry
Nasturtium
grapes
purslane
jerusalem artichoke, aka sunchoke
strawberry.
artichoke
pomegranate
mexican elderberry
pineapple guava
amaranth