5-7-03: Rainstorm

Wednesday May 7, 2003



Thursday May 8, 2003
10:38pm - Planted 60 day lily bulbs around the pond. Meanwhile David was finishing construction on the chicken coop he started yesterday. All done now & looks great. Has waterer, feed trough, roost, nest boxes, and wood shaving flooring. The library book we're referencing is quite helpful. Tonight we called "the chicken guy" Ron, husband of the Tractor Supply cashier Jennifer, and we'll be seeing him Saturday to buy 4 young chickens @ $4 ea. He said they'll start laying in 6-7 weeks, and he also seemed willing to pass on any other chicken info we might need.

Saw buds/blossoms on the strawberries today. The pepper seedlings are doing well under their plastic pop covers. The potatoes have started to show some greenery, and a few sunflowers have sprouted.

Heavy rainstorm last night - 6 inches. Also saw lots of lightning flashes, incredibly frequent. Some thunder booms were quite close, and one especially loud crack - and - boom turns out to have severed a large tree limb from a tree in the north field, by the red shed. No smoldering evidence, but the limb was very healthy and didn't appear to have just fallen off. The excessive rain swelled the creek and it looks like a small river. The bridge to the west field caught a lot of debris, and the west field in general has large patches of standing water.

The items we've planted lately are all doing well, except for some of the red maples. It's possible they're just slow to wake from dormancy, but we'll see. The poplars (both styles) are really growing fast, sprouting leaves left & right. Other strong performers are the ash, sugar maple, and birch trees. Sure, they're just tiny sticks in the ground, but showing definite spunk with buds and teeny tiny leaves.

Yesterday I brushed Sam and one of the minis ("Beanie - 'cause she looks like a pinto, therefore a pinto bean). We sure like how cute & sociable the minis are (most of them, anyway) and I see one or more in our future.

I'm falling asleep now so enough.


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