Fall in the Backyard

Our Chickens have had a good summer hanging out and laying eggs.  

We are looking forward to the cooler weather and getting our veggies from the garden.

Below are some plants I have started from seed.  I have tomatoes, zucchini, cucumber, and peppers so far.  I planted okra green beans directly in the garden.  I hope the seedlings work out it will be less expensive then buying plants.

My garden helpers got a little distracted during work time.  That's one way to cool off.

 We got a little excited about renting a tillar and make two gardens in the backyard each about 20 ft by 20 ft.
 Now its time to get planting!!!

 Max was taking a break from the wheel barrel action to help build our first hydroponic garden bed.  We are going to attempt to grow lettuce in this garden bed on floating Styrofoam.  He was handy with the drill.  Max drilled the pilot holes and then screwed the wood together to create a box.  We then lined the box with plastic tarps and blue tarp to hold the water... which it did...woo hoo.  Once our lettuce seedlings grow big enough we will transfer them to plastic pots that will sit in Styrofoam that will float on the garden bed and hopefully grow.  I will post pictures on the progress.

Completed hydro garden bed.