Strawberry Pickin'

 

Jase and I made one trip around all the strawberry beds and got a bunch of berries!

So far I have managed to eat my weight in them and put up three-quart jars in the fridge for oatmeal and midnight snacks.  I still have about two pies and some more quart jars left.  And I need to pick again tomorrow!

Give Us About Another Week

 Another week and we should have all the beds filled and everything weeded again and weeded!  I am so thankful for the rain over the last few days because God has been watering our gardens.

This is the newest area...Blooms of NottaLotta Farm.  I call them the bloomers for short.  These beds contain cutting flowers that I hope will be beautiful.  I have big plans for them!

I still need to repaint the ironing board and print something on it.  I have an idea I am toying with right now.

In a few short weeks this bed will be full to overflowing with beautiful flowers you just wait and see.

I am trying my best to train these clematis to grow along the top of the fence.  It is almost halfway there.

There are a few mystery plants in here but I know that a Red Cardinal vine is starting to grow up the trellis.

Funky-shaped bed #1 will be amazing.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Funky Bed #2 is a real hodgepodge.

Two of the beds on the right side of the yard are almost complete.  The Pumpkin patch is up and running.

The tomatoes are ready to rock and roll.

Once everything is planted I'll get The Gospel Gardener to make a video but until then I'll keep working and Murph will still want to add more plants.

We Have Berries...

 

Emmy and I found blackberries today.  Well, new green blackberries.

And I picked these beauties!

Almost Ready

Murph is a garden MACHINE!  He comes over on his day off and works hard to prepare things.  Now we are planting plants and sewing seeds.

This is a daytime birds-eye view of the big garden side.

This is the night view.

Once everything gets planted and labeled, I will post more pictures.  It is going to be great!

Murph Lovin' On The Garden

 

Another bed filled with garden goodness.

The goat stands guard.

I see waves of green.

Lots of tomatoes.

I don't know how he does it.  While I'm taking care of Wammyville is works himself to the bone...5 hours worth

The plants and people are going to love it and they don't even know it yet!

Everyone Loves Strawberries

 

The first pick of the year!  They are so sweet!

They are so red

I see a strawberry pie in my future...some strawberry smoothies...strawberry shortcake...and my Dad's favorite strawberry cake.

I shared but only one per person, please.

Best strawberry song ever!

Zhuzhing

 

An old pitchfork has now become a birdfeeder.  Hopefully, the Oriels will see it.

I planted a few herbs in a little herb garden that Amanda handed down to me.

I am trying Snow-in Summer in a clay pot inside of an old small peach basket.

Betsy gave me this 'cone' and I planted some Nastrium that was coming up in the big pot in the driveway.

I've got lots more zhuzhing to do!

Garden Season Is Officially Open

 

You ask me how I know this...

...Murph is in the backyard with no shirt on!

The Backyard, A Farm, And Plants

 It was a busy Saturday a few Saturdays ago.  Most of them are during 'farm' season.

I wanted to get the litigation system in before we planted this year to see if it made a difference.  So Murph and I stretched them all out and then checked for leaks.  There were a few so we (Murph) tackled that job on the list.

Our first stop was The Sutton Farm AKA Stonelick Valley

They had some alpaca beans for us to pick up but I had to check out all the animals.  They have fainting goats, chickens, two sweet watchdogs, three alpacas, and three babydoll sheep that I kept calling teddy bear sheep because that is what they look like to me.  They have the sweetest faces.  Samson is the sweetest Great Pyrenees that I have ever met.  He has a 'sister' named Stella but I don't think I got a shot of her.

I finally got Henry to come and get something to eat.  Holly was trying to sneak in for a nibble or two.

Henry loved Pappy!

Sweet Pea, Sage, and Sally.  Please don't ask me which is which because I have no clue.  All I know is that they are all so cute!

I'm taking a stab in the dark here and the lead alpaca is named Sawyer.  The black one is called Stanley and the little bit tanner one is named...

I think I bending Kurt's ear about his chickens.  I could have stayed all day.  Maybe I'll go back sometime and muck a stall or two just to play with the animals.

Susan and Kurt thanks for the alpaca beans.  It literally smells like lilacs.  We will let you know how the veggies and flowers do.  I know that one of our dogs loves it because I have had to shoo her out of the raised bed twice.  Bad dog!

Off to Grant's Farm, we go.   We have dreams of juicy ripe tomatoes, crisp cucumbers....the list goes on and on.  The boys trying to decide on 12 (only) tomato plants.

Murph loves a good trip to Funkes Greenhouse.  They have every kind of hot pepper you can imagine.  We have everything we need but I can assure you we don't.  That's half the fun!

Now to get dirt under our fingernails and get all of this in the ground.