Current mood:	exhausted
Entry tags:	chickens, gardening, self-sufficiency, yard work

Yard Work
Tired. Spent the weekend painting the deck and starting our vegetable garden. Still have to finish getting in between the boards on the deck and finish tearing up the dog run so we have enough room for all of our veggies.

For those who are in the Sacto area - you should check out Capital Nursery! Wow! It's amazing. We bought a grapevine, broccoli, salad greens, cauliflower, chinese cabbage, snow peas, and strawberries. The store looks pretty small from the front, but you go inside and it extends out the back forever.

Went to a BBQ at chicken-owning friends' place. Chickens were so cute! They were almost adult-sized, but were still peeping. I fed them cottage cheese, and they ate it while making distressed sounds (I pet them while they ate).

Jerimiah's on board with the chicken idea. We're making it a mini-project to move toward more sustainable living. We're going to get a scooter to save gas on our in-town trips (and because they are FUN!), going to look into getting solar panels installed at some point, and going to get a compost heap going.

Backyard work has been sort of fun so far, though tiring. Our neighbor gave us some of the chicken he was bbq-ing. SO GOOD.