On the homestead blog: yesterday I evicted the chickens from our fenced vegetable garden, and prepared it for planting — which Jenn subsequently did. 🌱
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Some of our ducks rooting around in the back lawn. 🦆
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Sorry chickies, it’s time to evict you from the veggie garden, as we prepare it for planting. Thank you for cleaning it out over winter. I enticed them out via the mealworm roller toy, though Buffy looks disappointed by the closed gate. 🐓
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On the homestead blog: this Caturday is a bit of a yawn… two yawns, actually. And some fun GIFs and such. #Caturday 🐈
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Paladin and Rory being cute again. 🐈🐕
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On the homestead blog: for Flock Friday this week, an assortment of chicken and duck pictures, plus more of nesting ducks and broody chickens. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
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For week/year 18 of my 52 years celebration, I actually don’t have any pictures of me from age 18 to 20, so I’m jumping ahead to a photo of my 21st birthday. #ThrowbackThursday #52years
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Looking from the fountain garden towards the cat house, with a whirligig, irises, rocks, maple tree, bird feeders, the cat house, and more visible. 🌼
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A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of some ducks going into the pond:
· ducks · pond · TikTok · video
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A bright spot of color caught my eye in the flowerbeds. 🌼
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On the homestead blog: finishing touches of the bee shed project. 🔨
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On the homestead blog: pictures of our cat graveyard by the pond. 🐈🪦
· cats · landscaping
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It’s the purple season, with lots of irises and bluebells. 🌼
· flowers · landscaping
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A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of the chickens receiving carrot peels and rice as treats:
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Today’s breakfast: tasty sourdough waffles with butter, maple syrup, strawberries from our garden (frozen and warmed), and whipped cream. (Also tagging Dr Don for my #RiskyOrNot question on the waffle batter.) 🧇🍓
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On the homestead blog: Happy Caturday to you! This week, some fun GIFs of the cats, several pictures of Porcini as usual, some of Paladout, and cat feet. #Caturday 🐈
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Paladin sleeping on my sweatshirt, in his cardboard nest, and on one of Rory’s beds (hey, she wasn’t using it). 🐈🐕
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On the homestead blog: for Flock Friday this week, some pictures of Betty and her nest in the duck house, a few pictures of other ducks, and some of the chickens. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
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A recent @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of Betty nesting on a clutch of duck eggs:
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On the homestead blog: more work on the bee shed project, including some tweaks to the door, adding corrugated cladding, and filling gaps. 🔨
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