Animals
- Fresh Veggies
Ahhhhh....the first taste of summer has arrived on our plates. A bit early this year,our asparagus is coming up like crazy.Each day another few shoots break through the soil andwork their way towards the sun. Unfortunately for them, their climb toward...
- Gardening
Seeds for this summer's garden have started to arrive. This year I am trying some new vegetables.Parsnips... Red Dragon Carrots... Red Emperor Beans.... and Romanesco Cauliflower.... These are just a few of the varieties of veggies that will...
- Harvesting
Up at the crack of dawn.... and out to do the animal chores.Once those were completed, I headed to the garden to do somewatering, weeding and harvesting.It was even too early for my usual help... While so much of the country is dealing with storms and...
- In The Heat Of The Day
What a splendid week of beautiful weather we have had....sunny days, warm temperatures, balmy nights.The warm temperatures have given my garden boxes a jump start.The onions are up about 4 inches.The radishes and sugar snap peas are up.I have spent the...
- A Garden Takes Shape
After many hours of tilling and raking, the plot of land that once was a beautiful vegetable garden is again starting to take shape. The rows of strawberries are uncovered and stretching their leafy arms towards the sun. The soil is soft and teeming...
Animals
The Early Bird
So, tell me...
Does the early
get the
????
If, so then we are definitely early birds this year,
and hopefully will soon have lots of worms.
(It helps that I have a shipment of 10,000 due to arrive any day now!)
We spent some time this weekend prepping garden boxes...
weeding them,
spreading manure,
working the manure into the soil,
picking out rocks that migrated to the top over winter.
Then we got a jump start on gardening
and planted our sugar snap peas,
radishes and spring onions.
The left half of this box is planted with snap peas,
that will climb these decorative trellises.
It is a bit early, I admit,
but everything I read says you can start on these veggies as soon
as you can work the soil.
Our garden boxes are well thawed and the soil is definitely workable.
So, I say....
why not?
It will be just lovely to harvest some fresh veggies in a number of weeks,
right?
Thanks, Amanda....for all the help!
Not to mention our yummy wheat bread...
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| Whole grain wheat dough, kneaded and ready to rise. |
Growing our own food and cooking from scratch is
something we are committed to.... and it is so great
that our kids share these goals with us!
Coming soon.....how to build a salad table.
- Fresh Veggies
Ahhhhh....the first taste of summer has arrived on our plates. A bit early this year,our asparagus is coming up like crazy.Each day another few shoots break through the soil andwork their way towards the sun. Unfortunately for them, their climb toward...
- Gardening
Seeds for this summer's garden have started to arrive. This year I am trying some new vegetables.Parsnips... Red Dragon Carrots... Red Emperor Beans.... and Romanesco Cauliflower.... These are just a few of the varieties of veggies that will...
- Harvesting
Up at the crack of dawn.... and out to do the animal chores.Once those were completed, I headed to the garden to do somewatering, weeding and harvesting.It was even too early for my usual help... While so much of the country is dealing with storms and...
- In The Heat Of The Day
What a splendid week of beautiful weather we have had....sunny days, warm temperatures, balmy nights.The warm temperatures have given my garden boxes a jump start.The onions are up about 4 inches.The radishes and sugar snap peas are up.I have spent the...
- A Garden Takes Shape
After many hours of tilling and raking, the plot of land that once was a beautiful vegetable garden is again starting to take shape. The rows of strawberries are uncovered and stretching their leafy arms towards the sun. The soil is soft and teeming...