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Happenings at Havenhill…life around our house.

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Operation Tadpole: Success!

  We finally succeeded in finding tadpoles to import to our frog pond! I guess we couldn’t officially call it a “frog” …

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signs of life

Here is a photo of a nest that a pair of house finches are building in our fire alarm. So cute! Today …

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Fruits of our labor

Here is the first fruit we’ve picked and eaten! One little strawberry! It was good; maybe a little tart. I probably should have …

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Busy Days…

We have been busy most days with planting, planting, and more planting…and we’re still not done yet! Today we planted our Avocado …

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New additions to our family

Yesterday Josh and I went to Petsmart and had a sample of our pond water analyzed. They said everything was in the …

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More planting

  On Friday we planted our two plums and one apricot tree in one hole, and our three cherry trees in one …

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Rainy Days

Yesterday and today have been drizzly and rainy. Today we’re staying indoors all day and making a roast for dinner…perfect weather for …

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Josh planted tomatoes!

Today we went to Armstrong nursery and ordered most of our fruit trees! I had called them to see if they had the …

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Homemade Bread

This is one of the first loaves I made in our new breadmaker….cinnamon raisin bread! I’ve made a wheat loaf and a …

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A new bird we’ve seen this year

We’ve been getting a new bird to our yard this winter – the Lawrence’s Goldfinch. Its only habitat is some of California and …