Sculpin

The coop is finished, and it’s adorable. Looking at it critically, there are a few little alterations we may make:

1. Hinge the window so we can get at the coop more easily from the outside.
2. Augment the chicken wire with hardware cloth.
3. Install some latches that are more raccoon-resistant.
4. Landscape around it for better drainage.

The bones of it, though, look really good. I’ll be ordering chickens soon and requesting an arrival date in mid-late April, which should mean that the chickens will be grown up enough to move out there in early June or so.

Paul Beard came by with some spare raspberry suckers for us and complimented us on our urban farm. It is looking rather farmish these days. (Right down to the random stuff left out in the yard.) The place is coming together. Every year we get a little closer to Granola Paradise.

Speaking of random stuff, we’ve been making out like bandits with free stuff lately, and every find was serendipitous. Stuff we’ve picked up off the street in the last month: a two-foot-tall steel milk can, a bike trainer, a fondue pot, a green cone composter, and half a dozen tiki torches.

ETA: I have ordered chickens! They’ll be here in a little over a month, if all goes as planned. Yay!!

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