Adding To The Compost Bins

 

Avery adds some paper.

We have to block the compost bins because Imogene somehow gets into the garden.  I know she gets out this way but I have yet to see her actually make her way in.

Avery had lots of compost from lunch.

Gabe added his fruit peeling.  Or it might actually have been Gabe's and they were sharing.

Next week during Preschool we will be digging compost from the first bin and planting seeds.

Teach the young!

First Seed Pantings

April 8 was a good day to plant pees!

Picking my peas straight from the vine and eating them are the only way I can eat peas.  I know it sounds crazy!

Next time I go out I will see if they are sprouting.  The problem is I have been struck with the worst case of mouth thrush that I have ever heard of.  Caused by my seasonal allergies, my age, and who knows what else. Plus I can't hear a thing out of my left ear. I can hardly eat...but I'll be ready for swimsuit season...I can always make my little greenhouses in the garage.

I still have some garden beds to clean.  Lots of plantings. School is coming to an end and so is Wammyville for the year so as long as the pollen is close to nothing and I wear a mask I should be good to dig in the dirt again.

Dreaming and Cleaning

 With warn day I get excited to go outside.  One problem ...my allergies are so bad that I still can't hear out of my left ear.  Things are moving in there because I can hear and feel the bubbles.  WEIRD!

I wonder what will get planted next?  We already planted our potatoes and now we plant ....

Cleaned out Pumpkin Patch

The raspberry bushes look different every time I check on them.

These beds are ready for something we haven't decided yet.

There is still work to be done.  A little at a time and the gardens will be up and growing in no time.  We probably will plant in the middle or end of May.

A Little Help With Garden Clean-Up

 

But first, there are floor puzzles to be worked.

The yahoos help to clean out a vegetable garden that will soon be ready for flower beds.

Raking the Goat Pen.

And we are still raking the Goat Pen.

Picking up and dumping the leaves and straw under the climber for a soft landing spot.

Bailey on the beam.

Gabe working with the wheelbarrow.

Bailey digging to China.

Levi the stork!

While the young ones sleep we watercolor.

And We Are Off And Running

 

NEW DIRT!  And if you look real close you can see Murph coming across the yard with my big yellow bucket.  We planted five 20-gallon grow bags of purple, Yukon gold, and red potatoes.

The man doesn't use a shovel.

He just grabs it...

and moves it with his arms!

Let this time be the first time this year that I say he is nuts!  And I say it lovingly!

Three raised beds were cleaned and dirt was added.  Two Yahoo beds were weeded and dirt was added. Five grow bags planted with potatoes. Four whiskey barrels were cleaned out and dirt was added.

And then came time to remove a two-panel cattle panel trellis from one garden and put it in the Goat Pen.

Mark loves getting good shots of me when I work in the garden.  I had worked my hiney off and still had miles to go before we finished.

If you know what you are looking for you will see it if not you might need to study the pic for a bit.  Now to clean out the weeds and get to planning our planting strategies.

This is what gardening tied looks like!  But I loved every minute of it and it looks amazing.

And Murph is a huge part of the success of our little Community Garden.

Been Put To Sleep

 This weekend I worked on getting the gardens tucked in and put to sleep before the cold and wet weather gets here.

Three of the four raised beds are tucked in nicely.  The fourth is still waiting for the garlic to be planted.  Hopefully, we will have time to do it early this week before the rains come.

The Goat Pen got a little extra coverage with the leaves that were gathering in the corners.

I even covered my one and only flower bed.

I might need to give the strawberry beds one last bunch of straw.  Looks like they might get cold.

A little sad that the season is finished but I can now dream and plan on what plants go where next year.

Good night sweet veggies!

And now the garlic has been planted and put to sleep.

The Last 'Harvest'

 I was doing a little winter garden prep and look what I ran across.

We seem to be growing lots of mini vegetables.  These are smaller than baby carrots.

Baby potatoes with some even smaller ones hanging on.

Baby radishes

And the prettiest little cabbage that I have ever seen.

Theses Gardens Keep On Giving

 

This is the last head of cauliflower.  And one of the littlest carrots.

Of course, Avery would like a bite.

Pappy's turn to try out a little carrot.

We still have carrots and radishes in the grow bags and three cabbage plants.  A freeze is called for tonight and maybe some snow on Tuesday.  Better check everything tomorrow morning.

Sleeping Gardens

 

All that needs to be done is straw covering the beds.

Flowers, Fruits, and Veggies

Our growing season is winding down.  But we have begun to plant over-winter veggies. 

I feel that this season of growing cauliflower was a success.  We kept it away from the cabbage moths by putting it under netting.

The last of all the veggies.  Pappy's raspberries are still going!

My purple asters were a plant trade with Betsy.

I see a radish.

COSTCO find.

The Zimmerman's grew wildflowers this year and shared the last with me.

Not Pappy's favorite color scheme.  These are my high school colors.  We went to rival schools.  East being the best of the best.