Animals
- After The Rains
There is something utterly delightful about the smell of the airafter it has been freshly cleansed by Spring rains.There is a clarity that fills your nostrils and makes its way into your lungs...an energy, a freshness that fills you with the smell of...
- April Showers
Things are rather quiet and uneventful around here these days. We've been sitting back watching the rain, rain, rain... taking a little time here and there for bird watching, and relaxing. (Yes, Maddie is sporting her summer haircut.)(It took...
- Normalcy Restored
Normalcy has returned to the farm...no excitement (thank heavens!) Today we are spending the day transplanting all of our seedlings from our greenhouse into our garden. Little tiny corn plants, and popcorn, too! Tomatoes and squashes.... Peppers and...
- Mother's Day Mayhem
I hope that all of you, wherever you may be, had a wonderful Mother's Day.I would love to say that mine was uneventful...a day of much deserved rest.But....as luck would have it, that was not the case. Yesterday's weather was quite severe.We had...
- Blueberry Bliss
Finally! Thursday's mail brought the arrival of 100 blueberry plants that we had ordered months ago. Mike had spent weeks preparing the soil so that when these gems arrived, we could immediately get them into the ground. I quickly opened the cartons,...
Animals
My Love/Hate Relationship With Mother Nature
Today's post might be shorter than most.
At the risk of sounding melodramatic, I must share with you...
I am despondent.
I awoke to a heavy frost yesterday morning.
(We're talking ice in the goat's water buckets...that's how cold it was.)
Apparently, we sustained 30 degrees for several hours.
I fear that my strawberries, blueberries, grapes and maybe the fruit trees
will all be rendered fruitless this year.
Even the vegetables that were covered took a hit.
All of our plants are showing evidence of cell death....even the cold tolerant plants.
I realize that in the grand scheme of life, this is nothing.
Truly.
This is not flood, famine, earthquake, tornado, hurricane.
And my house is not sinking into a hole in the earth.
No... this is small potatoes.
But, still, to me.... it is very sad to spend months tending to tiny plants and seedlings...
watching their progress...
and then have one icy night all but wipe them all away!
Luckily, I still have more in the greenhouse to plant.
So, I will be spending this whole week in the garden.
Planting.... planting.... planting.
With an occasional break for this....
(I can't tell you how nice it is to have a potty at the barn!)
and this....
and this...
and this....
And I will be wearing this...
You, too, could wear this if you like.
I ordered it from Ink Pixie (.com).
They have several designs available which you can personalize
with the name of your farm
or mine.
They also have t-shirts, embroidered caps, etc.
(FYI....they run just a little small.)
So... time to pick my self up by my muck boot straps and get to work!!
Such is life on a farm.
- After The Rains
There is something utterly delightful about the smell of the airafter it has been freshly cleansed by Spring rains.There is a clarity that fills your nostrils and makes its way into your lungs...an energy, a freshness that fills you with the smell of...
- April Showers
Things are rather quiet and uneventful around here these days. We've been sitting back watching the rain, rain, rain... taking a little time here and there for bird watching, and relaxing. (Yes, Maddie is sporting her summer haircut.)(It took...
- Normalcy Restored
Normalcy has returned to the farm...no excitement (thank heavens!) Today we are spending the day transplanting all of our seedlings from our greenhouse into our garden. Little tiny corn plants, and popcorn, too! Tomatoes and squashes.... Peppers and...
- Mother's Day Mayhem
I hope that all of you, wherever you may be, had a wonderful Mother's Day.I would love to say that mine was uneventful...a day of much deserved rest.But....as luck would have it, that was not the case. Yesterday's weather was quite severe.We had...
- Blueberry Bliss
Finally! Thursday's mail brought the arrival of 100 blueberry plants that we had ordered months ago. Mike had spent weeks preparing the soil so that when these gems arrived, we could immediately get them into the ground. I quickly opened the cartons,...