First Harvest!

Ok I know its only 5 strawberries...Mr.Smith ate one, so technically it was 6 strawberries, but its just the beginning. My broccoli is about to start forming heads and we had to cover the potato sprouts to encourage more potatoes! Corn is doing great....I don't know if green beans are going to be had this year. They really are having a rough start and now that I have been dealing with the slug problem and it was going good....there is now a weird beetle bug.

We also lost power for a good portion of the other night and Mr. Smith and I were up to 2am running back and forth from our generator to the different freezers, refrigerators, the kids hallway light for a night light and the well pump to flush the potties with extension cords and I realized how much we still rely on other things. We almost lost power again tonight, but it kicked right back on. Lucky! Mr. Smith & I are going to start saving up for other ways to obtain electricity without relying on the electric company or someone to go out and fix the lines. We live in the middle of no where so it takes awhile to be fixed.

Also the chick that was in solitary confinement has rejoined his buds in the chicken bin. We only have 1.5 weeks left till they get to go into the chicken coop. Mr.Smith finished the wall to separate the broilers and layers. So we can let the layers roam in the yard and keep the broilers from running too far, so we built them a run. There is no way I can keep track of 35 chickens. 10 is a much easier number. We still need to build the broilers run and that shall also be happening this week. Lots of things to do here yet and its getting hotter everyday! :D