Spring 2012

Gosh it has been almost a year. Nothing like winter to shut down a blog. So we are slowly starting up again. Some seedlings have been started (lettuce, broccoli and cabbage). I though I would start the tomatoes a bit later this year, when it is a bit warmer. Spent a bundle on heating the greenhouse last year. Soon we will be tilling the ground and then planting spinach, lettuce and sugar snap peas. The pasture was re-seeded last fall with new grass and hopefully it will start to grow soon. The sheep are a bit tired of hay and eager to get on to fresh grass. Ditto for the chickens. The mobile hoop coops need some fixing up and new tarps before they can be used. I will be getting another 200 hens to add to the 300 that we have so there should be plenty of eggs for everyone. Hope to have a bountiful harvest this year. Here are a few pictures from last year to wet your appetite.

Sunshine and Rain

So far it is turning out to be a great spring. Lots of sunshine and lots of rain. The pasture is starting to fill in with the new grass, the lettuce, spinach, onions and sweet peas are coming along nicely. The tomato plants we started in the greenhouse are now five feet tall. All the animals seem happy. Life is good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5ZSnlCTFKU

New Lambs enjoying the sunshine

Check out the new gang. They seem happy enough.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5ZSnlCTFKU

The new lambs

A few more pics of the new lambs...or are they pandas?

And the chickens are out on pasture....

 

Spring is here and the planting has started

Spring is here and the planting has started. Lettuce, spinach, onions, sugar snap peas, cabbage, and broccoli are all in the ground. The tomato plants in the greenhouse are five feet tall and full of flowers and even a few tomatoes ready for early harvest. the  garlic is coming up. Just waiting for the potatoes to arrive so we can get those in the ground as well.