six chixs!

Henny P now has six adorable chicks following her around! They all hatched out Friday afternoon and are they cute!!! It's so exciting, I've been talking about it as though I had been the one sitting on them for three weeks. Three of them are hers and the other three are are the Buff Orpingtons (I knew that sneaky girl was slipping her eggs into Henny's nest!). What I find to be so wonderful about this motherly hen is that even though three of those chicks biologically aren't hers she's totally unaware of it, or at least acts like it. If we get too close to the babies she kind of growls a chicken like growl, it's such a strange growl I don't think I can describe is as other than chickeny, she then puffs her little self up and the chicks hide under her, little heads peaking out beneath her feathers.

It's been a hot week and everyone's been working hard despite it. We are so very thankful to have wonderful and dedicated help.

This week for market we'll be harvesting tomatoes, peppers, okra, tomatillos, beans, swiss chard, baby squash and dill.
For the shares we will be harvesting fennel, basil, cabbage, salad mix, arugula, spring onions, green garlic potatoes, squash zucchini cucumbers and beans.
Tomatoes will be showing up the shares very soon, as soon as we have enough for all of the CSA members, I know everyone is looking forward them!