Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Memorial Day Weekend 2015

Memorial day weekend is a time to reflect on past sacrifices as well as finishing up on springtime yard and garden chores like mulching and setting up tomato cages.


Even after two very tough winters in a row it looks like a bumper crop of raspberries by mid-June.


The chickens are really enjoying the mini-pasture rotation we are doing in the back forty.


And what is May/June without the narcotic aroma of honeysuckle?




Sunday, May 10, 2015

A Slow Spring But Things Are Popping!

Its been a long slow spring but things are finally settling down. Some seedlings to get in the ground in the next day or so:

 The tomatoes are coming along. We are going with Romas for drying and juice and the rest are various grape varieties; Golden Sweet, two different varieties of red and Black Cherry. This should be an interesting combination for salads this year.


 And the raspberries are just now starting to bloom (preserves and a new batch of melomel is in the works).


For some reason the girls are hanging out in the hutch area of the tractor today:


But they seem to be enjoying the wonderful weather today too:


Been getting some early harvest from the mustard greens, kale, boc choi  and Swiss chard that was started inside back in the winter.