Moving (the chickens) Out
And the parakeets cheer! The trio of 6-week-old chicks move out to the big flock #FreedomFromIntruders #WhenTheChickenGetsOnTheUpperLevel #TheParakeetsHaveHadEnough [...]
The Return of the Chickens!
Welcome to the world, pioneer chickens, as you begin the Tart Family Farm’s flock! You come joining Prim, Ace, and the parakeets in our menagerie & bringing hope of the future sparks in our hearts! #ThankfulForChickens #HatchingHope #ReStartOfTheFarm #TartFamilyFarm #TheRealFlorida #NancyTartAuthor #2025 [...]
My Garden is Growing!
My little garden is growing! #2024 #Family #Gardening #ToddlerStage #Excited #Excitement #NancyTartAuthor #ANewAdventure #LittleGardenGrowing #LittleStartToBigThings #SweetPotato #ConfederateRose #Hibiscus #Pineapple #ILoveGardening #NaturalLife #WildFlorida [...]
Okra & “Fire Lilies”
May 28, 2020 Okra & “Fire Lilies” Today we planted okra. Three long rows of okra plants just far enough apart to walk through the rows with the mower for easy weeding, pruning, and harvesting. Yesterday and Tuesday were the 6 by 4 corn patch. The 5 by 4 corn [...]
Peppers
May 20, 2020 Peppers Have you ever seen a pepper seed? If you’ve had crushed red peppers shaken on your Italian food, you’ve seen the small whitish yellow seeds; the crunchy non-red parts of the seasoning. They are very small – not carrot seed small, but almost four times smaller [...]
Watermelons
May 18, 2020 Watermelons In our garden there are these long snaky vines that we keep training to stay out of the peppers, stop invading the carrot patches, and keep your green tendrils off of the zucchini! They start as wavy delicate yet determined sprouts. Nothing, not even the largest [...]
Blighted Tomatoes
May 12, 2020 Blighted Tomatoes Today Louis, Thea, and I spent hours clearing the blight from our tomato bushes in the faint hope that we can eradicate the fungus or at least keep it away from the healthy tomatoes until they are harvested. Blight starts harmlessly enough – it looks [...]
Tiny Specialized Chicken Coop
May 4, 2020 Tiny Specialized Chicken Coop In preparation for our move and new gardening regime (Louis is moving to raised garden beds), we made our specialized chicken coop tractor. I know, that sounds funny, but our goals were lightweight, easy to move, sturdy, storm proof, and hopefully predator proof. [...]
Project at the End
April 16, 2020 Project at the End Becky has a thing for all animals – but let’s just go out on a limb and say she’s got a special connection with all things feathered. Chickens. Been there, have that. Monk Parrot. Been there, fostered that. Parakeets. Been there – and [...]
Temporary Home
February 13, 2020 Temporary Home Sometimes music just hits me. I love to listen to songs of all kinds. One of my newest favorites was from a movie we watched a little bit ago – “Speechless.” Even though as an analyst I understand that wouldn’t have been accurate for the [...]