Summer arrived this week, and it looks like it's here to stay! The plants in the greenhouse are happy about this... pictured is our lettuce crop and the flats of baby tomatoes and peppers. These will go into outdoor beds over the next month now that the danger of frost has passed. I'm waking up at 7am to 70 degrees already!
And now for the Chicken of the Week:
Meet Alpha, Queen Bee of the Roost and now our only remaining chicken. We learned a hard lesson last week: that no matter how stupid you think a chicken is, they're actually even dumber than that. We let the chickens out of the coop while Chris was doing some repairs, and, long story short, the chickens never found their way back. Last I saw them they were huddled on top of a nearby compost pile 10 feet from the coop, and in the morning, all that remained were feathers. (you try herding chickens in the dark some time...) Alpha strolled back onto the field around 10 am, and eventually made into the coop where she's been secure ever since. With the giant chicken project on the horizon, I'm glad we learned this lesson early, although the situation is rather sad.
Brendan and I spent much of last week (between weedings) building our Humanure compost
pile. We are now independent of municipal sewers but are confident that our 'outhouse' method will be safe and, in the long run, much cleaner. More pictures and details on Flickr.
The season is moving at a real clip. We had to trellise the peas this week, and are expecting broccoli florets within the next 10 days. Broccoli lovers (you know who you are), check Flickr for more pictures of baby plants... 
Jacob arrives tomorrow and we are planning a mini-roadtrip through the Smokey Mtns later in the week. It will be nice to get away for a minute and reconnect with The Boy; this month has been non-stop action!
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