A few months ago I planted several varieties of tomato seeds. After a month, they still hadn't ome up so I turned over the earth and planted some cucumbers, sugar peas and eggplant. Now there are several tomato plants in the same area and I have no idea which ones are which! I guess I'll find out as the tomatoes ripen. In a way it's fun to know that we will be surprised with whatever tomatoes grow, but it's also a bit annoying.

There are a couple cucumbers coming out but the peas have been shorn to the ground. I truly am beginning to dispise the groundhogs around here.

The chicks are now too big for my aquarium so I rigged up a large Rubbermaid bin and screen to hold them. Since nearly all of their feathers are in, they are just about ready to be outside "on their own". My K and I will be buying supplies Saturday and will be building a coop & run on Sunday. I'm hoping to remember to take lots of pictures. It should be very interesting since I've never used a circular saw before (I usually prefer the hand tools) and K will be giving me instructions on all that. Since I did lousy in shop class, this should be interesting... though, I think K's a better teacher than my shop teacher was. I designed the coop and he helped me with the final touches in the design... since I don't really know anything about building, he helped me with where the window should be placed for best stability, how the door should sit for ease of access, and a slight change in the egg-collecting door to make it more weather-proof. He also came up with the idea to make the run easy to take apart so that when I move it the frame won't weaken. I can't wait to get started.