Me: Please eat all the weeds chickens!
Bryce: *heads for the good stuff.
#petchickens #backyardpoultry #myflock #tinyfarm #Faverolle #silkies #cochin #weeds #gardening #mastergardener #Georgia #velociraptors #chickensaredinosaurs
I was supposed to be working but instead I wandered off to take pictures in the client’s garden. Then we talked gardens for 20 minutes. That is not part of my job.
#gardening #fountain #bronze #gardenart #mastergardener #oasis #bronzefountain #socute #gardenfriends
Who’s a crazy broody? You are! Are there any eggs on that bench? No? Then go walk around! Lunatic.
#SicilianButtercup #broodychicken #petchicken #chickenportrait #chickensofinstagram #Gretchen #myflock #nochickzone #broody #indignant #Gwinnettcounty
Dear Carpenter Bee,
You’re an idiot.
Best Wishes,
Jesse
#carpenterbee #pollinator #rake #gardening #gardenpests #bees #potatoes #Georgia #carpenterbees #beebrain #wildlife
Skills alert: The chickens perfectly hollowed out this #butternutsquash! Perhaps they have a career in pumpkin carving? Birdhouse gourds? Breadbowl soup? So talented!
#petchicken #gardening #backyardchickens #myflock #gloriavanderbuilt #ruthbaderginsburg #chickensofinstagram #oliveegger
Becky lost her Poof in a pecking order reshuffling. To minimize additional feather plucking I sprayed her with #bluekote. End result: the most punk rock chicken.
#beckywiththegoodhair #BuffLacedPolish #backyardchickens #petchicken #polishchicken #bluehair #messyhairdontcare #punkrock #peckingorder #prettygirl
This week’s tool I didn’t realize I needed in my life. #safetythird
This week’s tool I didn’t realize I needed in my life. #safetythird
Weeding is so much more rewarding when you have chickens! They are so excited to see me coming with a pitchfork full of weeds. But terrified when I lift it over the fence. Never lift things!
#petchickens #backyardflock #velociraptor #brontosaurus #donnamartin #Kahlo #beckywiththegoodhair #Gretch #Glo #backyardpoultry #gardeninghelpers #saladbar
#tbt One year ago was our last day at La Batterie Villa in Saint Lucia. One of the greatest #Airbnb houses we’ve rented. Anyone going to Saint Lucia should try to rent this place. Room for 3 or 4 couples, fully staffed, amazing views, right down the ‘road’ from #jademountainresort. We’ll definitely go back there again in a few years. #stlucia #labatterievilla #jademountain @labatterie.saintlucia
#tbt One year ago was our last day at La Batterie Villa in Saint Lucia. One of the greatest #Airbnb houses we’ve rented. Anyone going to Saint Lucia should try to rent this place. Room for 3 or 4 couples, fully staffed, amazing views, right down the ‘road’ from #jademountainresort. We’ll definitely go back there again in a few years. #stlucia #labatterievilla #jademountain @labatterie.saintlucia
The white #rhodadedron is new this year but look at that fresh growth! It’s going to be huge!
#zone7 #mastergardener #gardentour2020 #bushes #partialshade #whiterhodadendron #flowergarden
Bryce and her buddy Gretchen have chosen to go broody together, in the same box. Can you see the psycho in her eye? Crazy broodies!
#brycedallashoward #brontosaurus #redhead #broody #broodychicken #wattlemodel #angrybird #teenmom #broodybesties #petchicken
I hate that I have lettuce long before I have tomatoes, peppers, broccoli or anything else to make a salad. Then, by the time the toppings grow, it is too hot for lettuce! Poor timing Nature!
#salad #tinyfarmer #locallygrown #eatlocal #romaine #redleaflettuce #gardening #harvestbasket #organicish
Trade! I get some Jumbo and mini eggs. You get some slightly past its prime lettuce. Good business for everyone!
#fresheggs #farmfresh #petchicken #Chickensaddle #bartering #polishchickens #oliveegger #springmix #backyardpoultry #recycling #upcycle #freerangechickens #freerangeeggs #tinyfarm
If you didn’t know what this was, what would you guess it was?
#donnamartin #Silkie #chickenportrait #petchicken #poof #partridgesilkie #backyardpoultry #closeup
I love, love, love the big #rhodadendron bush!
#gardeningingeorgia #zoze7b #fuscia #partialshade #nomaintenance #nature #decorating
These mushrooms look like seashells.
#yardart #muddy #crocs #goat #chickenrun #gardening #Gwinnettcounty #fungus
Not only have we caught zero squirrels in our humane traps this year but we are actually growing additional squirrels! The rooster alerted me to three cute babies as they emerged from their nest. This is not progress. Poor nectarine tree. (There is a second squirrel in the gutter on the bottom left. The third was running.)
#squirrel #babysquirrel #gardenpests #tintin #cuties #notapredator #petsquirrel #canikeephim
@benzblogger can’t park in the middle of the garage anymore because it’s officially hammer time! #hammerwagon #e63wagon
@benzblogger can’t park in the middle of the garage anymore because it’s officially hammer time! #hammerwagon #e63wagon
Volunteer Red Leaf Lettuce? Sure, come on up!
#garden #redleaf #magicsalad #zone7b #annuals #gardeningsuprises #magicbeans
Mole Chicken status: 100. These little tunnelers are up to something.
#brontosaurus #silvergreydorking #brycedallashoward #petchickens #compost #excavator #chickens #chickensofinstagram
Since the yard is now mostly sealed off from deer this #hosta has appeared and miraculously HAS LEAVES! This is a first! Most hostas here are immediately chewed to stubs. Victory!
#gardeningsuprises #hostas #transplant #zone7b #deersalad #deerfence #scalloped #verigated #grandmasgarden
Good at Canning.
#balljar #cadburyminieggs #preservation #eastercandy #azalea #springtime #canningexpert #Cadbury
Oh Yeah! The French Fry Trees have sprouted!
#gardening #seedpotatoes #potatoes #frenchfries #zone7b #potatohills #mastergardener #futurefood #homegrown #organicish #potatoplants
The #dogwood trees are blooming! See the bat house in the pine tree above? No bats live there.
#springisintheair #bathouse #garden #orchard #pinetrees #Gwinnettcounty
What are you doing chicken? How did you get in there? I heard digging but saw no chicken. I went to investigate and found this weirdo tunneling under a log. I have a mole-chicken!
#silvergreydorking #petchicken #endlesslyentertaining #backyardchickens #Gwinnettcounty #MohawkMonday #wattlemodel
Sunset dinner and drinks for Sonia and the girls. I try to provide the right ambiance in the coop. Wilga, the #salmonfaverolle, is Sonia’s best girl.
#petchicken #silkies #silkierooster #polishchickens #chickenfood #batchelor #SoniaSotomayor #beckywiththegoodhair #wilgefortis
The fence flowers came back! I hear there are three colors of #clematis to look forward to this year.
#gardeningsuprises #annuals #zone7 #deerfence #mastergardener #notavegetable
#TamingOfTheRoo Saga: The One Where I Don’t Get Bitten! It takes a full handful of scratch but I can now get nearly a minute of Sonia holding per day. Also, Glo is a diva.
#silkierooster #SoniaSotomayor #petrooster #backyardchickens #petchicken #scratch #bribery #sharingiscaring #silkies
The first asparagus! We just planted the crowns a few weeks ago and this tiny little aspari-guy is already up! I don’t think you are supposed to harvest any the first year but I am excited to see it grow, grow, grow!
#asparagus #gardenfresh #eatlocal #tinyfarmer #mastergardener #zone7b #farmersmarket #freshfood
Everyone is getting together for Easter dinner! Main course: weeds.
#myflock #petchickens #polishchickens #cochins #Faverolle #hungryhungryhippo #silkies #silkierooster #wilgefortis #sundayfunday #weedcontrol
Does anyone know where to get a Cadbury Bunny? I’ll build them a very special hutch.
#Easter #eggvinette #terracotta #gardenart #chick #chickenstatue #gardening #homegrown #tinyfarm
Big Red Chicken is rocking the largest feather feet she’s ever had! Girl could snowshoe.
#partridgecochin #Cochin #petchicken #BigRed #scratch #chickensnacks #comb #7yearsold #snowshoes #featheredfeet #prettygirl
This is my Bryce-asaurus. She is part chicken and part #brontosaurus. Also, 100% awkward.
#brycedallashoward #petchicken #longneck #backyardchickens #fancychick #giraffe #redhead #freerangechickens
Fancy! The backyard #azalea bushes are going crazy! They really are this pink.
#gardeningingeorgia #zone7 #nativeazalea #hotpink #shadetolerant #Gwinnettcounty #mastergardener #gardentour2020 #pollen
A lone white daffodil pops up in this part of the yard every year. I guess it is the one bulb the squirrels missed.
#daffodils #zone7b #Gwinnettcounty #mastergardener #flowergarden #gardentour #pinecones #woods
Alejandra heard her name and came over for some glamour shots. The big girls are now officially 7 years old. She still acts like a spring chicken!
#petchicken #whitecrestedblackpolish #polishchickens #Alejandra #wattlemodel #freeranging #Gwinnettcounty #flock #myflock #beetleblack
Lead excavator, Donna Martin, is looking for grubs in the compost pile. She may seem like fluffy perfection but she knows how to get dirty!
#Silkie #donnamartin #partridgesilkie #petchicken #backyardchickens #chickensofinstagram #fluff #compost #turningthecompost #gardenhelper #tinyfury
A trellis with a gazebo view!
#leipersfork #tennessee #roadtrip #artistscolony #gazebo #trellis
My #airbnb house is pretty much the cutest! The neighbors have some koi as big as a cat!
#vacation #franklintn #cherryblossom #remodeled #historicdowntown #walkingtour #porchparty #loveshackonmain
So, the neighborhood watch here is really serious. He is watching.
#squirrel #snoop #neighborhoodwatch #peepingtom #noseyneighbors #naturephotography
Pretty much twins. Vi and I are celebrating #chickenselfiesunday with @chickens.and.wine this week! I think we nailed it!
#cochin #silverlacedcochin #violetZ #petchicken #selfie #sideeye #treats #scratch #backyardchickens #tinyfarm
Saga #TamingOfTheRoo:
We are currently working our way from “complete hatred with violent attacks” to “bites less hard when you have snacks.” Sonia is not my favorite.
#silkierooster #SoniaSotomayor #petrooster #wattlemodel #chickenportrait #chickensofinstagram #thanksforthehashtagmom
Flocking awesome! Eleven out of fifteen chickens in one photo! I think that is my record.
#fluffybuttfriday #backyardpoultry #petchickens #Gwinnettcounty #tinyfarmer #polishchickens #salmonfaverolle #chickensaddle #mygirls
I spent the morning unloading 48 tons of landscape rocks off two semis from Tennessee then shuttling them .5 miles up to the house with this 4wd forklift I rented. Time to get to work on a bunch retaining walls and water features #gardentour2020
I spent the morning unloading 48 tons of landscape rocks off two semis from Tennessee then shuttling them .5 miles up to the house with this 4wd forklift I rented. Time to get to work on a bunch retaining walls and water features #gardentour2020
It’s getting to be that time…Blueberry season is almost here! Just 16 more cups from last years harvest to finish off. Muffins for everyone!
#blueberries #blueberrybush #zone7 #rabbiteye #gardening #mastergardener #tinyfarm #beesneeded
#tbt #roadtrip2016 – Dom Luis I Bridge – Porto, Portugal. The architect of this #bridge was a former business partner of Gustave Eiffel (of the tower) and it is very similar to an earlier bridge in #Porto that was designed by #Eiffel.