Our backyard flock

Let me introduce you to our backyard chickens.  Molly (the barred rock) Annie (Rhode Island red) both rescues and our Silkies, Snowball (white), Pumpernickel (buff) and we're still working out some names for the others. They hatched the week of Christmas.  So far I like Maebelle and Popcorn.

We're expecting a frost here in the Boston area.

I actually saw this on facebook a couple of days ago and didn't think much of it, until I saw my neighbor pull out a huge blue tarp to cover his garden. I didn't want to feel left out so I decided to cover mine as well. I used trash bags and plastic covers. I've been saving all my Dunkin Donuts Ice coffee cups for this, plus I started most of my seeds in them. Great mini greenhouses! I still don't think we'll have a frost, better safe than sorry I guess.

I hope I'm right because, I didn't cover the lettuce or strawberries.

Vintage Uncle Sam Victory garden poster.

Just finished planting my Michigan bulb order

Just finished planting my Michigan Bulb order I recieved in the mail earlier this week. Still waiting on my strawberries and freesia they're on back order.

It'll probably be the last order I place with Michigan Bulb too. I was so disappointed with the size of the trees I received.  They do look healthy though.

Lemon tree, patio blueberry, fig tree and a bush apricot.