Somehow it never gets old— opening the nesting boxes to discover the delight of a range of eggs in every shade and speckle imaginable. Black Copper Marans over Ameraucana Perhaps the classic olive egg, a Black Copper Marans rooster bred for dark chocolate egg color genetics over the blue egg-laying Ameraucana is an F1 olive…

Our zinnia beds grew far beyond our heads this year. I’ve never seen zinnia taller than humans, and they show no signs of stopping at the start of October! If we don’t get a freeze, we might have another month of blooms. Plant early, enjoy until frost (draft post, under construction!)