It was a great day in the White's Backyard Farm...

I was resolved to the fact that our chickens were not going to lay eggs so I was going to stop checking but of course I couldn't stop checking and today was the day!!!!

Look what I found

Our First EGG!!!

We can't wait to fill in our carton of eggs.

Chickens at the end of September

Here are the girls hanging out under their coop. 
September 23 2012

It is hard to get a good picture these days of the chickens.
They are always running around.
No eggs yet!!!

 

 

Back to farming

Now back to the farm---

 

Current Garden September 23 2012
This picture shows the pumpkin vines in the front with the radishes planted within it.
There is also lettuce, okra, broccoli. tomatoes, and peppers.



This is from the other end of the garden with the pepper plants in the bottom of the picture and the cucumbers and beans are to the left of the picture growing up the trellis.
 

I am really enjoying the garden.  The weeds tend to get out of control by the weekend.  But I hope I am doing everything alright.

The issue that I am currently having is since we are getting so much rain.  It seems it storms every other night.  The soil in the garden keeps washing away.  My plants, although I tried to mound them up, seem to be a little unstable.  I replanted the tomato plants to put them deeper in the ground but I can't seem to figure out what is happening to all the dirt.  So if anyone has a suggestion that would be great.

Although I have been a little worried..... this is all worth it.  Our first family harvest.

Dinner tonight!!!!

Where did September go!!

Time sure does fly when you are busy.  Our family has been keeping busy the this month.  We followed my husband's volleyball team over to Walt Disney World for a weekend vacation in the WDW parks




Hanging out at Alstar Sports Resort with Huey, Duey, and



And Louie!!!



We made it to the Magic Kingdom!!!



 

















Then off to Hollywood Studios

 

We had a wonderful weekend running around the parks.  The boys and I actually made it to three parks in one day.  We had a blast and it was so cool to see the fall decorations.  They had a wonderful birthday celebration.  --even though their birthday wasn't for 5 more days!!!

 

How this post fits into my blog-

Although hanging out with my kids has nothing to do with my backyard farming this Blog is about making all this work within an everyday family.  My husband and I both teach high school so we have pretty kid friendly jobs ...  we also spend a lot of time coaching.   So these mini vacations are very important to us for spending family time away from everyday life.  We have always been Disney fans -even before kids, so now we can enjoy Disney a whole new way with our boys.