Daddy is officially Outnumbered

So, we have Daddy, and 3 (or 4, but I've only found 3 so far) roosters. So that's 4 (or 5) for the boys team.

On the girls' team, we have R, myself, 31 (or 32) hens, 2 goats, 1 dog, and now 2000-ish of these...

Lady Bugs are good predators of aphids and other yucky bugs. And thankfully I got them now, they quickly found aphids on my potatoes. Yay for lady bugs! Of course, they're not all girls, but it's funny how outnumbered Sam is...

Can you see that lady bug in there? It's having a lovely meal of aphids. Yum Yum. In the words TL at Little House in the Suburbs: Have another aphid...no please, I insist. I have plenty.

Here are some pictures of my recent sprouts.

Bush beans...

Pole beans (these will have purple pods, how cool is that?)...

squash (one of the 5 varieties that I've planted)...