A Picture Heavy Thursday

Well, I did something I hope I don't regret today, because it has clouded up this afternoon, and now the weatherman says we are possibly having showers after midnight. 

This blurry image is Nugget and her three babies in the little white pen.  

Here's why I moved them: 

First one of the year, and it's a biggie! 

Whoa, Nellie! 

The nursing pen is not snake-safe. 

I'm going out at dark to cover Nugget's pen with a tarp, against any rain that might be falling, but remember, they have two corners they can get into in the "box" and keep dry. 

I'm more worried about blowing rain and wind than the temperature, but I hated to move them out from under the light, and they are going right back there tomorrow if I think it's necessary. 

Guess what else happened?

Rambo and his girls came out for the first time since the coyote attack in January. 

How great it was to see them out in the pasture!  Not everyone came out, but the bantams in the old henhouse DID come outside today. 

Oops, that's not a bantam.  

She's dustbathing, not dead. 

The few tulips I have are blooming, and you can see how the clouds came over. 

This Pekin, still unnamed... appears to have a piece gone out of her bill, I had not noticed it before. She uses it fine, however. 

Why I am not scared when Keith goes to work in the morning. 

Fancy stayed in today, sadly.  I knew it was too good to be true, that he would venture outside again today.  I had to net him last night to get him in. 

On Wednesday next week, a man is coming from Kansas State University Extension to take a look at our pasture, and the north end of our yard.  When we moved here (it will be nine summers ago, this year) there was grass there.  Now, there is little grass or weeds, and in the pasture, actually a bare spot.  I am worried about them. 

They have had very light grazing with the llamas and the pony and mini horse.  

This gentleman is going to take soil samples and have them analyzed, and advise us on how to re-do the pasture and fix the yard.  He did tell me not to put any seed down this spring, but to wait until fall.
I'm going to write down everything he says, because this is going to be invaluable to me. 

Now... I want to show you a garden bed from a year ago yesterday: 

Actually, it was from 4/22/12. 

Wow. 

Same bed today.  (yes, I know I need to thin) 

Wow.  

What a difference a year makes! 

That's all for the garden-lagging Calamity Acres today!