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Another busy weekend at the farm has yielded the completion of a few more projects. My sign is finally finished! I got the idea from "Mary Jane's Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook" and, last week, spent several days sawing, sanding and painting. Finally on Friday I assembled it and stuck it in the ground.....voila!
It has been such a busy Spring at Bee Haven Acres. This week we pruned our 100 baby blueberry bushes (removing flower buds to encourage vegetative growth this year). We bought more trees to plant around our goat pastures. We also bought trees to plant for the chickens and for the horses. All of our newer pastures are on land that was once farmed...so there is an obvious lack of shade in those areas. We installed stall mats in the front of our barn...that's the area that the horses hang out on hot days because it is shaded and has fans blowing. Needless to say, they wore the earth down, so the stall mats will prevent more erosion. The garden is bursting forth...the asparagus is finally up (newly planted). We have onions, spinach, lettuce, and radishes growing and so much more to plant. We still have an occasional frost, so I think next week will be our major planting week. Our strawberry patch made it through the winter and has reproduced amazingly. We split off about 75 more plants and added several more rows to the patch. Putting up strawberry jam is on the list of summer chores. The orchard is in full bloom....can't wait for homemade apple pies, dumplings, applesauce.....and the list goes on and on.
- Today's Post Is Brought To You By The Letter F!
I feel like I am back in the Sesame Street Days of my life!Regardless....today's post is definitely brought to you by the letter F! "F" is for spring flowers...that finally have bloomed... daffodils in the front pasture... It's always amazing...
- Why Am I Working While Everyone Else Is Sleeping?
Finally,after months and months of waiting...Spring has arrived on the farm! Yesterday reached 68 degrees.I worked in the garden for 6 hours in a t-shirt.Let me tell you...it was heaven.The feel of sun on my skin...wind in my hair...heaven! And while...
- 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...
- Minerva, Master-weeder
Amazingly, since Minerva has taken up residence in the garden, it is virtually weed free (we won't mention that I spent the entire past week on my hands and knees). Regardless, the garden is the best it has ever looked at this point of the season....
- Farm History
Let me begin with a little background information. Our farm was originally bought by my husband Jack and his close friends Mel and Liz. The original property,called Bethlehem Downs by its previous owner, was 37 acres of farmland and woodland that included...
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Stopping for Directions.....
Another busy weekend at the farm has yielded the completion of a few more projects. My sign is finally finished! I got the idea from "Mary Jane's Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook" and, last week, spent several days sawing, sanding and painting. Finally on Friday I assembled it and stuck it in the ground.....voila!
It has been such a busy Spring at Bee Haven Acres. This week we pruned our 100 baby blueberry bushes (removing flower buds to encourage vegetative growth this year). We bought more trees to plant around our goat pastures. We also bought trees to plant for the chickens and for the horses. All of our newer pastures are on land that was once farmed...so there is an obvious lack of shade in those areas. We installed stall mats in the front of our barn...that's the area that the horses hang out on hot days because it is shaded and has fans blowing. Needless to say, they wore the earth down, so the stall mats will prevent more erosion. The garden is bursting forth...the asparagus is finally up (newly planted). We have onions, spinach, lettuce, and radishes growing and so much more to plant. We still have an occasional frost, so I think next week will be our major planting week. Our strawberry patch made it through the winter and has reproduced amazingly. We split off about 75 more plants and added several more rows to the patch. Putting up strawberry jam is on the list of summer chores. The orchard is in full bloom....can't wait for homemade apple pies, dumplings, applesauce.....and the list goes on and on.
- Today's Post Is Brought To You By The Letter F!
I feel like I am back in the Sesame Street Days of my life!Regardless....today's post is definitely brought to you by the letter F! "F" is for spring flowers...that finally have bloomed... daffodils in the front pasture... It's always amazing...
- Why Am I Working While Everyone Else Is Sleeping?
Finally,after months and months of waiting...Spring has arrived on the farm! Yesterday reached 68 degrees.I worked in the garden for 6 hours in a t-shirt.Let me tell you...it was heaven.The feel of sun on my skin...wind in my hair...heaven! And while...
- 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...
- Minerva, Master-weeder
Amazingly, since Minerva has taken up residence in the garden, it is virtually weed free (we won't mention that I spent the entire past week on my hands and knees). Regardless, the garden is the best it has ever looked at this point of the season....
- Farm History
Let me begin with a little background information. Our farm was originally bought by my husband Jack and his close friends Mel and Liz. The original property,called Bethlehem Downs by its previous owner, was 37 acres of farmland and woodland that included...