Greetings! Due to recent events at school, we have not been able to provide consistent updates for the Circle of Life Gardens blog. Likewise, our time together has been heartily focused on building our coop and run, taking care of our new Silver Sebright Bantam chicks, and tending to our young vegetable and fruit garden plots. We appreciate your patience! Photos will be added soon.
Weeks 4, 5, 6, and now 7 for our flock of standard hens progressed quickly! They are now fully grown chickens ready for the outdoors! (They will start to lay eggs beginning in July 2012.)
The bantam hens are now 1 week old, and are steadily growing into their primary flight feathers.
Outside, we transferred tomatoes from the greenhouse into the ground. In our main plot, we have sprouting garlic, lettuce, lettuce, squash, and the raspberry bushes have begun to bifurcate. In addition, we have planted rows of carrots, cucumbers, potatoes, and swiss chard that are preparing to surface.
We are so thankful for the tremendous assistance of our small group of architect volunteers; taking on the rookie building of an 8' by 20' chicken coop and run involves around 25-30 hours of skilled work.
Again, newer photos will be added soon. In the meantime, please check out the May 16th, 2012 issue of the Olmsted County Journal. This project, including its teachers and students, were featured beginning in a front page article that continues on pages 8 and 9. Thank you!
