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April 29, 2008

Springtime means a lot of work for farmers

I have a zillion things to do, and naturally, things stop working or deliveries are not made on time or there is a frost to kill the tomatoes I put out or something awful happens.

But good things happen, too. Hummingbirds are back, butterflies are back, beautiful wild violets are blooming. I discovered that we have literally hundreds of Redbud Trees in the woods. Beautiful!

Daffodils are blooming. I found that we have a couple of nice lilac bushes, nearly blooming, and peonies - they always remind me of Memorial Day.

And the birds are nesting. Turkeys are flirting with each other with lots of gobble gobble gobble heard around the creek and the ponds. I met a pair of the tiniest little wrens on my morning walk today. They were collecting items to make their next with.

I found that the variegated hostas growing really need to be divided, as well as a lot of so-far unidentified bulb-type plants with leaves, but so far, no flowers.

Plus, I have a lot of landscaping to do on our yard. But most of that can wait until I get the plants that will actually produce (I hope) something salable into the ground. The weather has been too cold at night up until now to get most stuff going.

Oh, and the little tiller broke, so John bought me a new, bigger, better, newer, more flexible tiller. Only it was missing a part, but John, the greatest husband on earth, went back to the store and got the part and set it all up for me and taught me how it works tonight.

Almost forgot, my load of dirt finally arrived. It seemed like so much dirt in the truck, but once it was dumped in a field that is probably a couple of acres, it seemed like nothing, but it should be find for my raised beds once I till in some compost and peat. And I'll get to go and use the tractor to move it around - neat!

We are having a work party this weekend - we are putting in fencing for the goatlings. Tomorrow, I'll measure and figure out what we need and consult with Major on the best choices for fencing - high tensile, barbed, field, whatever.

And if we have time, maybe I can get a new, simple coop for the chickens built - the 24 6 week old chickens who are currently living in what is going to be my tack room - and I'm sure glad I have a power washer, once they get moved!!!!

I did get the garage pretty well cleaned out - well, at least in comparison to what it was! I still have to install the stuff on the walls that we can use to hold stuff, like the ladders, tools, etc.

But the fencing is most important. Ideally, we will get two areas fenced - the field to the East of the barn and the field to the west of the house - but that is a lot of work, so we need any help we can get - we will provide hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad and beer - if you are interested, please let us know soon, so we can buy accordingly!

Today was the most beautiful Spring day ever. Gorgeous. Cool. Not humid (most important!!!)

It's time to get off to bed now. G'night.

Posted by Beth at April 29, 2008 9:31 PM