Our Lady's Windy Acres

Homesteading update - orchard's in!!!

My DH was so sweet - he planted all 17 fruit trees for me the other day! I'm so so happy to see them in, and I pray that they will bloom and prosper!  Counting as of now, we have 2 mature pears, 1 peach and 5 mature apple trees that have been here for years (I assume - we've only been here 2 years).  Last year we planted 4 new apple trees, and last fall 1 cherry tree. Earlier this spring we planted 3 more cherry trees and as of yesterday we now have 3 more pears, 3 more peaches, 3 plums, 3 more cherries, and 5 more apples! How exciting!!! 

Our strawberry patch is growing and growing (that might be a problem lol) and I'm so looking forward to trying our first taste of June berries!

Our blueberries seem to be doing well, as are our elderberries.

OH!!! We have 14 new chicks - buff orpingtons that we just moved out of my basement to the barn (yay!).  This brings our layer count up to 29.  I'm hoping that come Fall we'll have plenty of eggs - enough to eat as well as sell.

Our garden is barely planted - some potatoes, peas, carrots and lettuce, but we've had soooo much rain that it hasn't made sense to plant anything else. I'm hoping that will change in the next 2 weeks. I'd like to get the garden planted, my seedlings transplanted (first to plastic cups and then outside).

I think my next topic will have to do with my homestead wish list LOL!

Have a blessed day/night/whatever!!!!