
We've decided it's time to get ready for spring. Made sure all our bluebird houses (we have 6) are cleaned and ready for nests. I buy dried meal worms by the thousands for them. It's nice to watch them visit our many feeders enjoying their easy meals. I'm not for sure how many bluebirds we have but it is a lot. Have been seeing large numbers of geese flying north already, seems to be early, too. Yesterday there must have been 100 gold finches invading all the feeders and probably 50 robins in the yard. The cardinals always get a little weird this time of year. We seem to always have a couple cardinals that fly up and hit the windows every so often all day long for a couple weeks. Really annoying. We are starting to prep the garden area. We are doubling its size this year and may sell some at farmers market, barter some for other needs and give to family, friends, neighbors and needy. Making an are about 20 x 20 for a nice herb garden, too. Decided to not have chickens this year. We have a country neighbor that has free range birds and needs to sell eggs to help her family's finances, so we will buy 10 dozen at a time from them.

All of our quail are gone. We will start cleaning barns this weekend and rake up dead stubble from the fly pens. Bought 50# of rye grass to spread in them, too. About 70% of our next years production is already pre-sold. If the calls we have been receiving looking for late season birds is any indication there is going to be a rush for birds next fall and many won't get any from any grower. We need more growers everywhere!!