The seedlings that were planted in late Jan and early Feb are now officially plants. In fact, we sold several flats of them at the Master Gardeners Spring Seminar in Terre Haute Saturday. We have pinched back basil at least twice already. I have transplanted tomatoes twice and pushing toward the third soon. I have to transplant eggplant today into a bigger container.
I will be starting more seeds today for future shows and for our farm. We plant several different times (succession plantings) to have fabulous local veggies to offer. I also will be planting tomatoes and green beans in the heated greenhouse so that we have at least some veggies at the first farmers markets in June.
The chickens are growing like weeds. We bought new ones this spring and have them under warmer lights at Jennifers. Sammie couldn't part with them so Jenn had to take them home and care for them. DARN (lol).
We also had 3 ducks for Wyatt to show at the fair. But they didn't make it, I suspect they caught a draft and got chilled. They picked up a few more to try again. Wyatt loves the poultry show at the local (Sullivan County, Indiana) 4-H fair. Last year was his first year and he completed 14 projects! Mommy is not going to let him sign up for so many this year. Live and learn, Mama.
Robert looked at a 6 row planter on Sunday but didn't buy it. We are on the hunt for one if anyone knows where to find one that is reasonable. I do plant most of everything by hand but as we grow and I age, that is becoming almost impossible. We aren't getting too high tech but a 4 - 6 row planter would sure lighten the load a little bit.
Orders are picking up for pie filling now. Jan and Feb are always are slowest months on the farm for the value added merchandise. That helps to have time to get caught up on the aprons and start the seeds. Oh yeah, maybe pick up the house once in a while. That seems to always come in last place on the to-do list.
The first 70 degree day we had last week, I spent 5 hours in one of the flower beds cleaning and guess what? Yep, I got POISON IVY. It is early March and I got poison ivy already. Last year, I had it 14 times. The doctor finally told me to pick another hobby, as if. The flower beds are for several reasons. One because I love to work in them, but they are also used to trial new plants and then we cut blooms and sell bouquets at farmers markets. It's a win win for us. Except the whole poison ivy thing. That darn plant is making me forget my aversion to chemicals.
Oh yeah, the funeral home that I blogged about last time is going up for back taxes. It can be gotten for just over 1000.00. Any takers out there? Never bought at a tax sale before but it seems easy enough. Just contact the Sullivan County, Indiana courthouse and get the details. Good Luck!
See ya on the farm
Charlotte
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