Chickens, Goats, & Gardening OH MY!!

Oh I will have to say that the month of June has been a very busy month for our little farm. We have had a few additions and lots of things growing too! 
Ande is fitting in so well here, and we love having her as part of our family. She is  sweet and loving which makes her a perfect fit here. Plus her being in milk is a huge plus! Now not only will my children refuse to eat store bought eewy's as they call them, now they only want goats milk. Our youngest Bean as we call him knows now where his baba comes from. When he sees Ande out in the yard he points to her and says "baba". And if you ask him where his baba comes from he replies simply "Goat". 

Spida has settled in and is just as sweet as she can be. Her personality is now starting to show and I love it. She is and can be so sweet but she also has this sass to her. And it only comes out when her and Ande are kidding around in the yard.

We do have a new addition on our farm. His name is A.J. and he is a 6 month old Great Pyrenees.  So far he is fitting in fine. He spent his first night in the barn last night with the girls. Being the paranoid mother hen I am I took Beans baby monitor and hooked it up in the barn telling hubby "Just in case". Turned lights off and went in. Not a peep all night!
He is a very playful puppy weighing in at just about 80lbs. Topping off later at about 130lbs. Love's the kids and gets along good with the flock too.

Our garden has tripled in size and we are getting all kinds of goodies now! Radishes,turnips,yellow squash  zucchini, patty pan squash, black eyed peas, bell peppers, cucumbers etc! We still have butternut, spaghetti and straight neck yellow squash getting ready to bloom and OH do we have beans and peas. Still gonna be a bit for those. I have dehydrated zucchini & Bananas. Canned 12 jars of B&B pickles and frozen about 60lbs of squash and zucchini.  It has been a never ending process and I love it!

We have spent more time in the garden then I think in the house. I snagged this pic of Bean after he helped me weed 3 rows of beans that had been overgrown.

The chickens have been growing also. I hatched out some about a month or two months ago and they are getting big. I have some Delaware crosses and some Ameraucana's. Oh and 2 Frizzle Ameraucana's too.

We now have 2 broody hens who together are sitting on about 18 eggs total. Tara our black Ameraucana Cochin mix is due in 2 weeks and our Delaware Sexlink cross Nugget is due in 3 weeks.