Animals
- Baa Baa, Black (and White) Sheep
Sometimes it just seems as though things were meant to be.And the way things are going this week...I feel that very strongly. I received an email yesterday announcing that my baby lambs have been born.ON MY BIRTHDAY!!!Can you believe it?How perfect is...
- Weekend Happenings
Spring is in the air...I can hear it in the morning...in the birdsongs.Now that we have set the clocks ahead, the days will feel much longer. We spent a quiet weekend on the farm.Seeds were planted in the greenhouse... It feels so good to be back in...
- Garden Party
The really warm weather that we had last week may be gone for now, but signs of Spring still remain. This past weekend Hubbs and I finished moving oak bark mulch into the vegetable garden. (A big thanks to our adopted "son" Tim for moving...
- Winter Gardening
Every year, by the end of winter, you will hear me say how I long to get my fingers back into the soil again. We have a 6 month gardening season here in PA....definitely not long enough to suit me. But this is the trade off when you live in an area with...
- Garden Explosion!!
It seems like just yesterday, I was planting seeds in tiny pots in the greenhouse. Now, months later, cold weather is just a memory and the dog days of August are upon us, and those tiny seedlings are mature plants bursting with produce. Thirty tomato...
Animals
I'm Dreaming of a Warm Greenhouse
Yesterday afternoon as rain drizzled on the roof,
and thunder rumbled in the distance,
I seized the opportunity to do a little clean-up of our greenhouse.
First I shoveled the snow away from the front of the greenhouse so if the sun
ever comes out again....it will be able to pass through the windows!
I will soon be starting seeds in here.
Tiny little seeds, nestled in homemade potting soil...
(a recipe of black peat, brown peat, compost, vermiculite, green sand, phosphorus rock,
blood meal and water)
kept warm by heated germination mats...
will sprout and grow into the tiny seedlings that will populate our
summer kitchen garden.
I can hardly wait!
Fresh veggies from the garden...
fresh herbs, fresh fruit...
all manner of organic produce to feed my family.
And all of it having it's start right here in this humble little greenhouse!
And while I work,
I am surrounded by my friends.
Curious critters who just cannot resist investigating all that I do!
I am so very lucky to be surrounded by fur-friends.
They keep me company all day long and entertain me as well!
It won't be long.....
First this...
Then this...
- Baa Baa, Black (and White) Sheep
Sometimes it just seems as though things were meant to be.And the way things are going this week...I feel that very strongly. I received an email yesterday announcing that my baby lambs have been born.ON MY BIRTHDAY!!!Can you believe it?How perfect is...
- Weekend Happenings
Spring is in the air...I can hear it in the morning...in the birdsongs.Now that we have set the clocks ahead, the days will feel much longer. We spent a quiet weekend on the farm.Seeds were planted in the greenhouse... It feels so good to be back in...
- Garden Party
The really warm weather that we had last week may be gone for now, but signs of Spring still remain. This past weekend Hubbs and I finished moving oak bark mulch into the vegetable garden. (A big thanks to our adopted "son" Tim for moving...
- Winter Gardening
Every year, by the end of winter, you will hear me say how I long to get my fingers back into the soil again. We have a 6 month gardening season here in PA....definitely not long enough to suit me. But this is the trade off when you live in an area with...
- Garden Explosion!!
It seems like just yesterday, I was planting seeds in tiny pots in the greenhouse. Now, months later, cold weather is just a memory and the dog days of August are upon us, and those tiny seedlings are mature plants bursting with produce. Thirty tomato...