New Life !

Ahhhh.......the sweet smell of spring.   All of the sudden there are green leaves sprouting on the trees and bushes.  I cannot get enough of this backyard view of bright green growing from the bottom up.

....we have dandylions!  I love them!
We survived our first winter back in the ole' US of A.  It wasn't too bad here in Middle America
 ( a.k.a Kansas) .  I am soaking up the pure JOY of warmth in the air and birdsong and new life all around us on our little acre.  Sure enough the blueberry bushes are blooming! Yippie!
The raspberries are getting green leaves when they looked like lifeless sticks a week ago. My garlic.......whoa.....  check out the difference in a couple weeks of sunshine and rain!

Suddenly I can pluck handfuls of weeds for the chickens.  Time to pull the mulch away from the fruit trees.......AND start my garden seeds !

And the real excitement that we've been waiting for.  Putting our beautiful hens to work !  Win -Win for us and them.  They get to scratch and peck to their hearts content in our garden.  We get stirred up mulch and fertilized soil prepping our veggie patch!   I love this permaculture stuff.  Feel free to google permaculture.  Or read about it here
Then check out this video I took on Easter Sunday afternoon of our beautiful gals struttin' their stuff.  And if you read a previous post about our chicken swap - note how our 2 remaining scrawny hens are plumping up in life.  Organic food, sunshine and water will do that to do a person......or a chicken.