Spring Break

Spring Break this year for us wasn't really a "Break" per say. When it wasn't raining we were working hard to try and get our back fence installed and our chicken coop finished. We had a lot of help from family and it helped immensely, Thanks you guys!! What would we do without you. We spent a lot of time with family and the kids had a blast being silly with their cousins on a few play days during the break.

Notice the pretty white fence behind the coop. When we moved into our house there were just posts in the back for some reason the owners before us never finished the fence. So because of that people had started referring to our house as the house with the "posts". Well not anymore it's finished!

Notice the awesome ramp/ladder inside leading up to the nesting box? That's right I built it all by myself! Used the saw and all with no help from the hubby. It's probably the sturdiest thing in the coop;)

So my husband Mr. Green has a new toy. He bought us a composter. For those of you who don't know Pete very well he is one of the "greenest" people I know. The man HATES no loathes waste. He cannot stand it when people don't recycle and our home is full of everything energy efficient that we can afford and have access to. So in an attempt to cut down on our waste we now have this huge contraption and may be buying another!? That is one of the main reasons I sold Pete on chickens. The lady at IFA said "chickens are like the ultimate little recycle-rs". That was music to his ears.

Our "green" bucket where we put all our scraps to be composted. I need one with a lid this isn't working for me in my kitchen. We only add to the composter on Saturdays because Pete wants his stuff to not be disturbed more than once a week. It has to "cook" his words not mine.