It is another rainy day here at Appleseed Farm. Suppose to have thunderstorms here tonight. After the last week or so of beautiful, almost hot weather, I am ready for a little down time.
This week, my brother, Tater (that is his nickname - he is officially Cliff but no one outside the family knows this) and I have been working our backsides off doing the farm clean up and some early planting. He is a godsend for me. He just works and works. For those of you who don't know him, he has had some issues in the past but is trying to put them behind him as he is a father now. He is also turning 40 this year. I give him no leeway for excuses - just expect his best and doggonnit - he gives it.
We have planted some early eggplant, peppers and tomatoes in our low tunnels. This is a new experiment for us but it is working out great. We have had a few frosts but the plants have been doing well under the plastic. We used an easy bender from Johnny's and made arches from conduit. It is easy.
The flower beds (all 20 of them) are starting to look fabulous. My hands on the other hand, not so much. They are just raw at the moment from weeding. I use a lot of mlulch but no black plastic on permanent beds. It is one of my concessions to the green movement. Therefore I weed.
The orchards are absolutely spectacular right now. The blooms will just take your breath away. The bees will just make you run away. I need them there for the polluniation but not for the stings. They do not like the stripping of the peach blooms. We have yet to form a healthy truce.
The 5 turkeys that I ordered have arrived but will be at the poultry nursery at Jennifer and Sam's for a while. They have also found us 3 roosters. I plan to put them in the little coop and let them do their business. In about a month or less, I hope for baby chickies, the old fashioned way. I can't wait. Haven't had any luck on the pig department yet. Farmers are asking way too much for them at the moment because of 4-H. Once that avenue is closed for them, I will get 2 little rascals for the back 40. I haven't raised a pig since I was a kid and then Mom did all the work, so this is another experiment on the farm.
Due to the bad weather, I am doing a little spring cleaning in the house. My pantry was a disgusting mess. I now have the junk off the floor and it swept and mopped. I am throwing away a lot of canned goods because of swollen cans. There has to be order to that chaos. I will NOT throw away any more money this way. Wish me lots of luck, I am a slob at heart.
I have saved the best news for last, it is a girls night out here on the farm. Sam and Lauren are spending the night with Nana tonight. It will just be us girls all night and all day tomorrow. This will be the first time they both have stayed together. They are both 3. It will be a pink and Barbie evening for Nana. If I survive, I will tell you all about it.
See ya on the farm,
Charlotte
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