Community Garden April Photos

Starting Seeds

We started seedlings for our community garden this week. We started cherry tomatoes, early girl tomatoes, green bell peppers, cabbage, and broccoli.  

 We used organic potting soil and hemp seed trays. 

The seeds are going to stay in the window sill for a few weeks until the weather is ready for them to go outside. 

Check out Organic Gardening for more seed information. 

Raising Chickens

A couple weeks ago, we bought baby chicks to add to our community garden. We purchased 19 of them! Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rock, Araucanas, Sussex, and Polish. 

They are living at Rachael's house right now (where our garden is). 

We originally put the chicks in a large tub in her cellar. They were smaller than a tennis ball when we got them and these conditions were much roomier and cleaner than where we bought them!

We padded the tub with wood shavings.

We coaxed them into their new home and they stayed all huddled up!

 We added a little food tray with baby chick food & added a mini waterer for them to drink from.

  We set up a heat lamp and a cover over their bin. They have been happy ever since.

This is the chicks a few days ago! They have grown so much already!

Our cost so far: $115.00

Included: 

19 chicks

Heat Lamp

Heat Bulb

Waterer

Feeder

Chick Food

Shavings

Nate & Rachael have a cute little red barn that the chickens will live in soon. Nate has been building a coop and nesting boxes within the barn. More updates soon!

Chickens & Eggs

It's chicken time! 

Baby chickens are coming soon to our community garden! I'll have a post about how to get them all set up in these cold months so you have layers this summer!

Images from this book: Chicken and Egg

This book is on it's way to me! So excited!