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| Heirloom seeds from a neighbor, a farmer's market friend |
In the garden the radishes are sprouting. I inter-planted them in the lettuce beds, and they should be out before the lettuce even needs thinning. At 28 days, radishes are as close as you get to fast food in the garden. ;)
In the "spring bed" by the house, my horseradish, rhubarb, garlic and welsh onions are coming up nicely. I put up a raised bed there and planted cabbage, broccoli, dill, and a few more radishes. Once the plants are up and established, I plan to curl a soaker hose through there and switch to only drip irrigation, to see if I can keep those cabbages from cracking again. I also plan to hang netting over the broccoli, dill, and cabbage bed, as it was hardest hit by grasshoppers last year, and I don't want to spray it.
We still have LOTS of corn husks to rake up around here, but with every new wind-storm, those pile up all over again, like drifting snow. This afternoon we FINALLY had a lovely spring rain...
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Today I'm thankful for #18-24
soft dirt
RAIN
school time
sunshine after rain and that wonderful smell of the earth drinking
leftovers making lunch easy
snuggling with Wyatt at nap time
Mayda's soft heart, tearfully worrying about her kitty out in the rain
one hundred twenty five!!!! are you selling them or eating them?
ReplyDeleteWe are sharing the ownership with friends. Not really selling chicken. ;) We will have a big day of butchering with everyone helping, and everyone gets 20 for their freezer. :)
DeleteAlso 25 of those are new layers, it's time to retire a few of my older hens. If the egg eating continues, maybe all of them...