Half acre homeschool

Our little chicks are not so little anymore - we have a start of actual wing and tail feathers!  We were admiring this new development as the chicks had their morning outing.    I'm trying really hard to be better about weeding the raised beds this year. Luckily I have the best helper, and we got the potato and carrot beds completely sorted today, and the rest of the tunnel started too. There's my assistant, filling the watering can. The garden coming back to life has been great for our 1000 hours outside challenge, the only problem is that I haven't actually been in long enough to add up last month's hours yet!  Anyone else trying for 1000 hours outside for the first time this year? 

Today I became a "chicks roaming in my kitchen" kind of person. And I'm ok with that. Maybe I'll eventually train one of them to perch on my shoulder, and complete the pandemic look I've been cultivating over the last year.  Hubby taught us how to make a stretcher using sticks and rope, and the kids took turns getting rides around the goat pen.    Myself and the little ones checked on the orchard while feeding the ducks, and A got a kick out of one of my cherry trees being a "Sweetheart" variety. So I had to take a picture of my Sweetheart with my other sweetheart.  Another five hours for our 1000 hours outside challenge today, and a happy, tired mama here!