Hope the beginning of this week finds you all doing well...
The weather and I are not getting along out here on the farm - more rain last night leaving standing water in all three gardens has me wondering if I'm ever gonna get in the gardens to plant....then I look at the calendar and remember that it's still early May and think maybe I just need to chill
I did go back to the small local nursery yesterday and some more plants - most are for other people: sis in law, best buddy, etc... but I did get a couple for myself - don't know how I forgot to get San Marzanos and Amish paste for canning tomatoes with my earlier order. Got good news that the Farmer's Market is a go for the season; and that she did grow some yellow beets this year to see how they would sell - I'm not picky on the color of the bulb when I'm buying them for greens, but I only like the yellow beets to eat; they are sweeter and don't taste like dirt
So, plans for today:
*Dig up the two small maple trees that are growing up in one of the flower bed and plop 'em into pots for a bit until it's a good time to plant the in the front yard - we lost one of our two big maples back in 2012; the other one this past year. Both were planted by my parents when they moved to this farm 62 years ago, so it was a bit emotional for me to watch them be cut down, but finding the two sprouts in the flower bed brightened my day - hopefully in 50 years or so my grandsons will point out the two big maple trees in the front yard and tell their grandchildren that the trees are descended from trees planted by their great-great grandparents
*Dig up the bee balm in that same flower bed and put the clumps to rest for a bit in some containers; then lay down cardboard or black plastic to kill the weeds before I till that bed and replant the bee balm.
*Take the boys on a walk around the farm, take some scavenger hunt sheets with us along with some bags to collect leaves, etc... to ID when we get back home.
*Weed 2 flower beds and put down more mulch.
*See if the black dots (tadpoles) in the stock tank are growing any legs yet
*Put mulch down on the back side of the compost piles - if it's not too wet to haul it in the Mule.
*Do a little work in the shed and see if I can find more junk to throw away - I'm paying for trash service; might as well make it worth the price!
Dang, I'm wore out already just making the list - reckon I'd better get to work and get some of it done!
Take care all; stay safe and sane if you can!
The weather and I are not getting along out here on the farm - more rain last night leaving standing water in all three gardens has me wondering if I'm ever gonna get in the gardens to plant....then I look at the calendar and remember that it's still early May and think maybe I just need to chill
I did go back to the small local nursery yesterday and some more plants - most are for other people: sis in law, best buddy, etc... but I did get a couple for myself - don't know how I forgot to get San Marzanos and Amish paste for canning tomatoes with my earlier order. Got good news that the Farmer's Market is a go for the season; and that she did grow some yellow beets this year to see how they would sell - I'm not picky on the color of the bulb when I'm buying them for greens, but I only like the yellow beets to eat; they are sweeter and don't taste like dirt
So, plans for today:
*Dig up the two small maple trees that are growing up in one of the flower bed and plop 'em into pots for a bit until it's a good time to plant the in the front yard - we lost one of our two big maples back in 2012; the other one this past year. Both were planted by my parents when they moved to this farm 62 years ago, so it was a bit emotional for me to watch them be cut down, but finding the two sprouts in the flower bed brightened my day - hopefully in 50 years or so my grandsons will point out the two big maple trees in the front yard and tell their grandchildren that the trees are descended from trees planted by their great-great grandparents
*Dig up the bee balm in that same flower bed and put the clumps to rest for a bit in some containers; then lay down cardboard or black plastic to kill the weeds before I till that bed and replant the bee balm.
*Take the boys on a walk around the farm, take some scavenger hunt sheets with us along with some bags to collect leaves, etc... to ID when we get back home.
*Weed 2 flower beds and put down more mulch.
*See if the black dots (tadpoles) in the stock tank are growing any legs yet
*Put mulch down on the back side of the compost piles - if it's not too wet to haul it in the Mule.
*Do a little work in the shed and see if I can find more junk to throw away - I'm paying for trash service; might as well make it worth the price!
Dang, I'm wore out already just making the list - reckon I'd better get to work and get some of it done!
Take care all; stay safe and sane if you can!