Animals
- Eureka!
Breathtakingly beautiful, blue-skied days are upon us now.Summer has arrived on the farmand each day is spent in a gardening marathon. All of a sudden, there is so much to plant! So far, I have planted sugar peas, onions, radishes, carrots, beets, leeks,spinach,...
- November Is Here....winter Is Around The Corner!
The past two weeks brought summer-like temperatures.By the end of last week, however, the windsbrought a harbinger of winter....cold...frost on the few vegetables that remain in our garden.The colder temperatures convinced the treesto shed their remaining...
- Goin' Nuts
We feed and care for a lot of critters on the farm. Most we have adopted, but some have adopted us. I have come to realize lately that we spend more money at the feed store,than we do at the grocery store(partly due to the fact that we grow so much of...
- Rainy Day Projects
Warm weather arrived suddenly this week. Several days of warm, dry, sunny days made watering necessary. By the end of the week, our four rain barrels were completely empty. Finally, today it is raining....a good steady soft rain. The kind of rain that...
- Goodbye Garden
How amazing is it that one day you have 20 or so pepper plants loaded with all different varieties and the next day they are gone? Chalk that one up to a killing frost. The past couple of nights have brought Bee Haven Acres temperatures in the very low...
Animals
Control Freak
If you've read my blog for a while,
you might have figured out that I like a certain amount of control in my world.
And if there is one thing that farm life has taught me...
it's that there isn't much in life over which we actually have any control at all.
Number one on the list of uncontrollable?
The weather!
It's raining cats and dogs here today (and yesterday).
Underground springs are bubbling up to the surface and water is running everywhere.
Some of us don't have a choice, and must venture out in the rain to work.
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| Wow....it's amazing how big one's nose looks at this angle! |
Others, have a choice and chose the wet.
Some don't even seem to notice.
Others prefer the warm and dry and request room service.
Others won't venture out...
until it's dry.
until it's dry.
The second lesson that farm life has taught me?
If you can't control it...
embrace it!
Meanwhile, the greenhouse is full of plants that are ready to go into the garden.
Our nights are still too cold,
so it will be a couple of weeks until we are free from the threat of frost.
Actually, the lettuce and broccoli above will go into the ground as soon as the rain stops.
Meanwhile, the greenhouse is full of plants that are ready to go into the garden.
Our nights are still too cold,
so it will be a couple of weeks until we are free from the threat of frost.
Actually, the lettuce and broccoli above will go into the ground as soon as the rain stops.
- Eureka!
Breathtakingly beautiful, blue-skied days are upon us now.Summer has arrived on the farmand each day is spent in a gardening marathon. All of a sudden, there is so much to plant! So far, I have planted sugar peas, onions, radishes, carrots, beets, leeks,spinach,...
- November Is Here....winter Is Around The Corner!
The past two weeks brought summer-like temperatures.By the end of last week, however, the windsbrought a harbinger of winter....cold...frost on the few vegetables that remain in our garden.The colder temperatures convinced the treesto shed their remaining...
- Goin' Nuts
We feed and care for a lot of critters on the farm. Most we have adopted, but some have adopted us. I have come to realize lately that we spend more money at the feed store,than we do at the grocery store(partly due to the fact that we grow so much of...
- Rainy Day Projects
Warm weather arrived suddenly this week. Several days of warm, dry, sunny days made watering necessary. By the end of the week, our four rain barrels were completely empty. Finally, today it is raining....a good steady soft rain. The kind of rain that...
- Goodbye Garden
How amazing is it that one day you have 20 or so pepper plants loaded with all different varieties and the next day they are gone? Chalk that one up to a killing frost. The past couple of nights have brought Bee Haven Acres temperatures in the very low...