This was supposed to be a rainy day!

But it wasn't! So we got a lot done in the gardens. We relocated 4 roses that were in the way of our new veggie beds. We also dug up 3 other huge roses that I didn't want to keep because of rose rosette disease. I'll lose 3 generic old day lilies, but that's okay. There are tons of volunteer columbine in this area too. Those will just become compost for my veggies! Or maybe they'll send runners under the wooden sides of the raised beds and grow anyway. That would be cool. I have one more hydrangea to move and the veggie area will be ready for the wooden board sides. We're going to get the lumber we need tomorrow morning and then hopefully get the framework of the beds done tomorrow too.

Between the chickies, all the new outdoor projects and getting the roses ready for their first spring appearances, it's been such a busy week and it will continue for a few weeks to come. I'm so tired when I come in the house at the end of the day, I'm ready to drop. Forgive me if I haven't been very attentive to your blogs but this is the time of year I seem to be the busiest and I love every minute!

My favorite chick "Abbie" (hopefully NOT Abner...won't know for a couple more weeks) always flies up to greet me when I come into the shed. She's looking a little mangy with her big-girl feathers coming in.






I fed them worms today and they loved it!! It was so funny, one would fly up and grab a worm out of my hand and go running around the chick corral, squawking it's little head off and the rest would chase it, trying to steal whatever it had that was so good! This is way better than TV!!









The "Green Acres" theme song keeps running thru my head. Wonder why?