blessings



Last year we bought three PawPaw trees from a man in Raleigh. I put them outside, on the ramp, to get some sun for a few hours. When I returned home from running errands, the dirt was all over the ramp, and the small seedlings were in the yard...with dry roots. I was sick, and so mad at our dog. I was ablee to replant two, one of which died almost immediately, and the other survived for several months. I kept watering it, hoping it was just dormant, and was thrilled beyond measure last week to see this:

 Of course, this would have been even more wonderful had I seen it three weeks earlier when I ordered two replacement plants, and not within an hour after planting those small trees. But still, I'm happy it survived. :)

AND, even though we didn't get the wyandottes we hoped for last week, I had a surprise for me at Hudson's this morning: Welsummers! (which are supposed to lay dark chocolate brown- colored  eggs)

 

 And an Ameraucauna (that lays light blue or eggs) and a Rhode Island Red, which we went for:

And all four birds (Welsummer, Red, Ameraucauna, Red).  The Welsummer and Ameracauna we got for their egg color, the Reds for their prolific egg laying. Next week, if all goes well, we'll add two leghorns (which lay white eggs) and two Marans (which lay almost black eggs).

Now just waiting for gosling eggs 1-3 to hatch. :)