I guess I'd better get to cooking some eggs! The girls are laying about 4-5 eggs a day right now, leaving me with an average of about 45 eggs in the fridge at any given time!

They've had a little molting going on lately - the girls have lost some of their saddle feathers, but they seem to be growing back slowly. But it does not seem to be hurting their egg laying rate at all!

We also have a pullet (juvenile hen) sale going on from 11am-2pm. So if you're thinking about chickens, or have just gotten started, come on out!

The 'Oshi Beni' Japanese maple in my garden is flowering and leafing out right now. This is one of my favorite varieties of Japanese maple. To my delight, I realized yesterday that I have little baby 'Oshi Beni' seedlings coming up all around the mama tree. Let's hope I can foster a few of these along to get some good transplants!

This would be baby Beezus, having her first close encounter with Phyllis the chicken. What a hoot!

Just a shot of the asparagus growing...I've got one more year on this patch before I can begin harvesting. MMmmmmmm....

So, as is typical in this part of Texas, we've had quite the roller coaster of weather lately. From 70's to snow, and then back to 70's again.

Here is what Sunday looked like... (photos aren't great..they are from my phone!)

And then Monday...lol...

And the ornamental peaches are beautiful...this is double 'Peppermint'...

This particular amaryllis variety, 'Chico', is one of my favorites. It's a relatively new (last 2-3 years) variety out of South America. Just fabulous! It looks like it has a second shoot peeking out, so I should get a nice long bloom-time on this one.

Nothing like yummy deviled eggs fresh from your own backyard chickies! MMmmmmmmm