Despite the rain and chilly weather, spring has officially arrived - we had our first asparagus of the season (and harvested enough to make asparagus soup tomorrow), and we had dandelion fritters for supper. Yes, yes, I know that isn't an optimal diet. It is a TRADITION... which is how I justify eating deep-fried food, covered in powdered sugar.
An additional herald of spring is the first setting hen. It is the usual one to start things off - the brown, feather-legged three year old cross. She is setting on nine eggs in the dog crate in the larger chicken coop. This is in addition to the six week old chicks in the duck coop, and the 5-7 day old chicks in the pole barn. Now, if I could just Munsell's to call me back to set up a time to process the dozen that need to go to the freezer...
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