2 years in the making...

Have been wanting to do a side by side comparison of the backyard for some time now and here it is...

On the left is what the yard looked like back in 2010...yuck!!!!  There was "grass" patches, those horrible bushes, the equally horrible scalloped brick border and whatever that overgrown vine thing was in the corner.  And now in 2012 I am proud to say we are growing food, composting and will soon have fresh chicken eggs.    That's life on DragonFly Farms...personal tours available for a small donation :)

Watermelon Update & The Pumpkin Patch

Man that darn watermelon gets bigger overnight it seems.  I want to set up a time lapse camera on it.  

I don't want to be picking it up anymore for pictures for fear that it will injure or break the stem so I am back to putting objects next to it for size comparison.  That bottle is solution that I keep in my pocket.  The bottle is about 2.5 inches tall.  Grow little watermelon, grow!!!!!

In another part of the garden we have our pumpkin patch which consists of one pumpkin plant...yep you heard right...that is ONE pumpkin plant grown from ONE pumpkin seed :)

 This picture of the pumpkin patch is taken from the point of view of one of our resident lizards.

Big ol' farm update...

Ok well it has been a while since I have updated you all on the farm so here goes.
7 of the 8 beds are planted and doing pretty good.  We are growing the following: pumpkin, 4 varieties of tomatoes, 3 varieties of peppers, arugula, cantaloupe, watermelon, chives, strawberries, apple, nectarine and a bunch of herbs.
This is the herb box with one big tomato plant...

 ...this is the pumpkin box (it kind of took over the whole box)
...some yummy sweet strawberries...
...and if you thought the chickens and ducks grew fast take a look at this icebox watermelon.  I took this pic on Wednesday last week...
...and then this pic 5 days later!!!!!  We might get to eat our very own homegrown watermelon for 4th of July!!!!!  :D
 Another addition to the farm is this awesome windmill my parents gave us.   A farm is not a farm without one of these beauties!!!!

 Quick update on the chickens...they are now 18 weeks old and should start laying at about 25 weeks so it is coming soon!!  Went out and bought their nesting boxes today :)
Here is an updated pic of Edith, Carmen and Bernice...Mae was camera shy...
More updates to come soon and more regularly...I promise :D