Working In The Garden and Murph Is BACK!

 

My little buddy and I got to work out in the yard today between the raindrops.

This dirt pile is going to be the death of me!  Seems it is never-ending.  But today I think I see the light at the end of the tunnel.

I used lots and lots of buckets of it when I transplanted the garlic.

The yahoos filled this one using plastic shovels, plastic wheelbarrows, shopping carts, and their hands.

We haven't decided what veggies and flowers will go where just yet.  First, we need to get the fence up so the dogs can't dig everything up and the yahoos can't get to the veggies to pick them.

Strawberries are looking great!

Murph's back.  Seems like forever since he has been in the backyard!   So glad to see him back.  This man loves to garden!  He is the main fence guy.  He measures, looks, figures, measures again, and then decides what we need.

While Pappy looks on.  He wishes things were different because it is killing him not to be able to get into there and do things.

We have a plan!  It is on paper so we have a plan.

Placing the posts for the fence.  Murph marked them and Jeremy is going to dig them.

I came in for a second and turned around and looked outside and the sky was amazing.

And then it was gone.  I cleaned up all the bags of leaves and put them down as mulch.

It is going to be great.  Baby steps I keep telling myself.  There is so much to do and I just want to tackle it head-on and bulldoze my way through.  I must learn to be patient.

Mr Jon Is A Beast And The Peas

 Oh, my word! This man is full of nothing but grit and muscle. 

 Story...we built a bed last year intending to build two more but never got around to it.  This year our financial advisor thinks we should spend our money and time on other projects in the garden.  So there is one bed that stands alone and is off-center and really messing with our OCD.  So I ask Jon if he could help with it.  That meant digging up the garlic that has already been transplanted once because the dogs got up in the bed and dug almost all of it up, empty the contents of the bed on a tarp, level up the ground in the goat pen so the bed would sit level, and then move the bed to the goat pen and fill it back up again.

He did all of that and more in two days!  I had planned on working on it on Saturday and Sunday but, no Jon had it complete and looking great by Friday before the day was over.

That is the empty bed on its side.

Tilling up the goat pen was a huge, very stinky ordeal.

There is plenty of room to walk around the entire bed.

And the peas are looking so good. 

Can You Guess?

 

I see peas, lots of peas!  I might have planted more in places where they weren't coming up.  Mark knows the name for that but I can't think of it right now.  Oh wait, it is succession planting.  Man, where did that come from?

And I don't eat peas unless I can pick them straight from the vine and open them up and eat them.  Don't ask me why it's a long story.

My Plea Was Answered

 Christa is a ROCK STAR!  That girl knows how to use a shovel and knows what to do to get the job done!

Jon Milligan you are going to be so sad when you hear that we dug out the iris clump by the goat pen.  Yep got them all out and then filled in all the holes the dogs have dug with clumps of flowers.  We are geniuses!

And Murph...take a look at this.  No more small fencing for the dogs to jump over or get hurt on.  No more rocks that you so love.  And Julie Sneed the rabbit hutch is on the way out to the driveway to be cleaned up for you.  And all of the old window frames are gone from the fence.  It looks like tomorrow I should spend time breaking the leaves and cleaning this area u for the new and improved Wammyville Pumpkin Patch.

And there is another ROCK STAR among us.  Asher learned how to get himself to the top of the climber all by himself!  I can't wait until he can show all the yahoos.

Speaking of yahoos...if you need a place to play during Spring Break and you want to, we would love for you to come to play in the backyard.  Bring and snack, bring a lunch, bring your dogs..just come.  We miss our little friends.

I Need Some Help

Well, maybe I should say that I need a lot of help.  Time is getting closer that we should be doing some things in the garden.  But we are at a standstill because the 'Financial Advisor' of Notta Lotta Farm is let's say a little under the weather and not even able to make it to the backyard yet.  But he is chomping at the bit and working hard in therapy so he can get out there and make the garden even better (and bigger) than it was last year.  And our gardening buddy had been put on lock-down until he gets his Honey-Do List complete.

So today Michael and I worked on a few things.  We removed a blue trap.  We took down some old window frames, and carefully got rid of some glass that had come out of one of the panes.

We need to remove the rabbit hutch and the window frame behind it.  Way too heavy for me and the screws seems to be stuck...or maybe I'm just a girl and my grip and hand strength just isn't what it use to be.  And that little green fencing that the dogs can now jump over needs to be removed and new fencing put up.  I have the 4x4's and the fencing already.  And of course the vision.  I just need the muscle!  Jeremy has already said that he would help with the post holes.  Jon Milligan is going to help me dig up some grasses and a big clump of iris plants where we will have the new Watermellon Patch, which needs to be fenced in so the dogs can't dig everything up.   If there is any fencing left the raised beds need to be fenced in. And the newest feature...the cattle panels between the raised beds. Then I think we will be ready for us to get busy with the gardens.

We aren't going anywhere this week except for therapy on Thursday morning at 10:30.  I'll be out all day every day getting my hands dirty doing something, but close enough to hear Pappy when he rings the cowbell for help.

FYI...the Sugar Snap peas are coming up!

And I was just informed by the Financial Advisor that we will be hosting a cook-out when all is said and done.  And of course, we will share all the veggies that we grow.

Anyone feeling the itch to get really dirty and tired with me?

What On Earth Are We Doing Here?

 

Where are we fencing in the season?  Well, we are making a Watermellon Bed over by the Goat Pen.

Mark is finally going to get his dream trellis for growing cucumbers.  Oh, I can hardly wait for you to see it.  It is going to be pretty cool.

They Are Best Buds

I got to text with Felissity and her mom the other day. It was so awesome to hear how well Boogie is doing.

This is my favorite picture!!!

I've seen this face before.

Felissity said that she walked o their neighbors and the neighbors were so excited to see her walking with a goat.  They were so surprised!

They went to the creek for a swim but Boogie wonuldn't get in.  I guess I forgot o tell he that he doesn't like water or rain.

Thsi all could not have worked out better for Boogie or maybe even Felissity.

 

This Garlic

 This garlic had been planted, rooted, dug up by the dogs, saved by me, and transferred to a new bed.  All this only to be dug up again and transplanted into the same bed that needs to be moved to the Goat Pen Bed.

I am hoping that when the time comes we will be able to harvest lots of garlic and scapes.

Mason Bees

 

I was scheduled to take a class online via Zoom with The Cincinnati Nature Center.  Covid vaccine took me down and I was unable to watch.  They were so kind to keep my kit for me to pick up at a later date.  I picked it up on Sunday.  I love the packaging!

So cute.

Came with instructions and everything needed.

I love it!  Come on bees, check out your new motel.

New Place For Things

 Since all the animals except the dogs are gone from the farm and Pappy says he is finished being that kind of farmer (boo) so all of our gardening adventures will be posted here.  All the other yard stuff (flowers) will be on the other blog...Our Green Thumbs in Cincinnati.

Peas are in the ground!

Mark decided they would grow great on the old cucumber trellis.

So that is where they are.