Mama and Her Peeps

Well, they're not exactly part of the garden, but they certainly are essential. My chickens scratch around in my garden and eat the nasties (and the occasional tomato) and leave behind rich manure. This was our very first ever set of chicks from a broody hen. I didn't even know she was setting, until one day I went out to the barn and heard the "cheep, cheep, cheep" of tiny peeps! The mama and her babes spent a week in a box in the house, and then another week and a half in the rabbit hutch until they were all ready to fend for themselves.