This has been one busy month! We had several days of rain this week, but the sun came out today. We wanted to get the plastic on the greenhouse because they are forecasting wind for tomorrow. When they say windy, they mean it. Unfortunately, some of that wind decided to visit today while we were attempting to put on the plastic. You've never lived until you have tried to cover a greenhouse with the wind blowing. I won't go into the particulars, but there was a lot of looking at the ground while hanging on to the covering and talking to myself about the virtue of patience. Good practice. I'm happy to report that we were able to get it covered, except for the front that will take some cutting to fit. We had to stop for milking. This is going to be a huge blessing and it looks like there is enough cover left to do another one. Thankyou Kitty and Steve for giving us this! It has made a dream come true.
How are your spring plantings and preparations coming along?
Nancy
Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Signs of Spring
Not only are the garlic and chives up but the lemon balm, Santolina, and lavender all have green leaves.
We were able to get one of the raised beds mostly done. It is 3 ft. by 30 ft. Having it only three feet wide will enable us to work in it without walking in it. We're going to mulch the top well to keep the weeds down. We hope to build two more and plant the rest of the garden in rows. We've had so much rain the last three years that we have to plant in raised beds or it's not going to work. A friend gave us boards from an old fence that was torn down in the city and they are cypress! What a blessing that was! We are using them to build the raised beds. It is so hard to find untreated wood to use so this was great! He also gave us some 2x4's taken out of an old apartment building that are really 2 in. x 4 in.! Not like the 1 1/2 in. by 3 1/2 in. boards that you get today. They are so old that they have square nails in them. That was also a huge blessing and we are putting them to good use!
Hope you're able to get in the garden! ( I have onion sets to plant as soon as it quits raining again!)
Nancy
We were able to get one of the raised beds mostly done. It is 3 ft. by 30 ft. Having it only three feet wide will enable us to work in it without walking in it. We're going to mulch the top well to keep the weeds down. We hope to build two more and plant the rest of the garden in rows. We've had so much rain the last three years that we have to plant in raised beds or it's not going to work. A friend gave us boards from an old fence that was torn down in the city and they are cypress! What a blessing that was! We are using them to build the raised beds. It is so hard to find untreated wood to use so this was great! He also gave us some 2x4's taken out of an old apartment building that are really 2 in. x 4 in.! Not like the 1 1/2 in. by 3 1/2 in. boards that you get today. They are so old that they have square nails in them. That was also a huge blessing and we are putting them to good use!
Hope you're able to get in the garden! ( I have onion sets to plant as soon as it quits raining again!)
Nancy
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Birdsong
Yesterday morning as I was making breakfast I heard a bird singing the sweetest little song and looked out the window to try to spot it, and saw either a sparrow or finch, I couldn't tell which, sitting on the herb garden fence post singing away. Such a welcome sound.
A few weeks ago, when we were still in the throes of a long winter, I would notice birds singing as if it were Spring. I heard other people commenting on the same thing; even my little five-year-old granddaughter who walked out of the house one very cold and dreary day and said to my daughter, "It sounds like Summer out here." Amazing. I wondered if the birds were letting us know that Spring was surely coming.
There were green garlic sprouts sticking up through the straw when I was cleaning up the garden area a little bit yesterday. The sunshine has made me so very anxious to plant something! Unfortunately, the ground is mostly frozen and the nights are still cold. But, the lettuce and spinach in the cold frames should take off soon!
I was standing at the fence watching the goats this morning hoping to take some pictures, but they wouldn't stay still long enough. Too energetic early in the morning and too determined to get to me first, in case I had brought some kind of treat for them, as I often do. While standing there, a bluebird landed on the fencepost and was chirping to another one while I got a good long look at him. Beautiful.
It's undeniable. Spring is on its way.
Nancy
A few weeks ago, when we were still in the throes of a long winter, I would notice birds singing as if it were Spring. I heard other people commenting on the same thing; even my little five-year-old granddaughter who walked out of the house one very cold and dreary day and said to my daughter, "It sounds like Summer out here." Amazing. I wondered if the birds were letting us know that Spring was surely coming.
There were green garlic sprouts sticking up through the straw when I was cleaning up the garden area a little bit yesterday. The sunshine has made me so very anxious to plant something! Unfortunately, the ground is mostly frozen and the nights are still cold. But, the lettuce and spinach in the cold frames should take off soon!
I was standing at the fence watching the goats this morning hoping to take some pictures, but they wouldn't stay still long enough. Too energetic early in the morning and too determined to get to me first, in case I had brought some kind of treat for them, as I often do. While standing there, a bluebird landed on the fencepost and was chirping to another one while I got a good long look at him. Beautiful.
It's undeniable. Spring is on its way.
Nancy
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