This morning, I finished transplanting our peppers and got them into the greenhouse. Yea! But I’m now looking at a whole lot of leggy tomato seedlings that need to follow quickly. We haven’t had much sun lately and they don’t have lights on them. No wonder they’re leggy even though they’re in south-facing windows. Oh well, I just bury most of the stem. This encourages lots of roots to grow along the buried stem and makes strong seedlings to set out in the garden later on.
As it was so sunny today, I took the solar-powered golf cart and drove to the various gardens to see what was what. Our rhubarb noses are just starting to pop up out of the ground. I can taste that first rhubarb pie now! I’ve not seen any vole damage on our fruit trees and that’s a huge relief. Those buggers sometimes climb up the protective screen and go down the trunk to girdle it during the winter. That usually kills the tree, which is very depressing.
Out at the Wolf Garden, I can sure see plenty of work waiting for us as the multitude of tomato cages, stakes, bean trellises, and variety name stakes glared at me in defiance. But the stakes are still frozen into the ground so we’re kind of safe. But soon. As soon as it dries up a little more, I’ll take the riding lawnmower over the weeds/debris/ corn stalks and chop them up for easier decomposition. We’re growing even more this year as the whole world situation seems ominous. And we’re sure not doom and gloom folks! Lots of food is a definite plus, regardless. I’m sure you feel the same.
I can’t wait to get busy in the new part of our front yard where I planted so many new flowers. Soon, they’ll be starting to come up and I am really excited.
Then there’s the freezer in the basement I want to get canned up. No, not the freezer, just the leftover meat in it. We’ve been working on emptying it out to receive the beef from the processing plant. Any I can’t get canned up because of Easter, we’ll put in coolers, removing it as it thaws, to can up after Easter. We’re looking forward to having family around the dinner table and enjoying plenty of visiting. Now that I’ve got the golf cart running, granddaughters Ava and Delilah will have fun running it around the homestead. Happy and a very Blessed Easter to you all! — Jackie
Happy Easter to you and yours. We will go to our daughter’s this year to celebrate and she bought two dozen eggs for grand son’s and us to dye and decorate. Said she has lots of fun games for all to play. This will be her daddy’s last year so she wants to make fun memories.
I will have to buy a lot of my vegetables to can this year. I will have a small garden but not as large as we usually have. If I lived close to you I would help with your gardens just for exchange for food.
And we’d be glad to have you! Every year is different and all we can do is what WE can do, not what someone else does. I hope you find good buys to can up. Have a very happy Easter!!
We’re getting rain today and some tomorrow – hopefully NO MORE downed trees or big arse branches. Had a live oak growing over our path come down – what better half cut up (wood stove length rounds) weighed about 50 lbs each. The big branches on the truck will have to be cut before we can haul it out of the woods to cut up.
Monday a honking branch snapped off another oak tree – did some damage to the fire pit and *just* missed hitting grave markers for our much loved deceased pets. We suspect the oak has a disease so we’ll have to watch the tree. Our “problem” is our “wood bank” is full so we’ll have to expand it. Not a bad problem to have though truth be told. Taters will be planted tomorrow – when depends on overnight rain.
All the garlic we planted last fall is up – had to move a few in order to get the tiller down the garden but all are looking good. Asparagus and yard fertilized, today’s rain ensures success.
Getting excited about planting more but will be a bit. Watching the morel sighting map – supposed to be close to 80 (yikes) tomorrow. I’ll be watching the south side of the property.
Happy Easter to those so inclined. You can still be a good person regardless of any religious affiliation.
I’m jealous of you. We only have three oak trees on our 200 acres and they’re the ones will rescued as sprouting acorns on the sidewalk, in Spokane, before he moved here. They’re 30 feet tall now but so far, no acorns. I hope you get your potatoes all planted in good shape. We’re still a long way from planting our potatoes; we usually plant around the beginning of June. I need to get our asparagus beds fertilized before it starts coming up. Soon, I hope. I hope you have a nice weekend, even if you don’t celebrate Easter. Yes, you can still be a good person, regardless of religion.
Hope you have a Happy Easter gathering. And thank you Jackie for teaching me so much over the years. You have been an excellent teacher, and I use all of your books and blogs for information that is so practical. When you get too old to garden, please keep writing books!
Me? Too old to garden? I sure hope that never happens. I’ll be 79 this summer and Mom was 94 and still ordering her daylilies. You have a very Happy Easter. I’m looking forward to seeing family and feeding them lots of goodies.
Light sprinkle of rain today-thankfully. I’ve planted 30 -2 yr old maples over past 2 days. Onions are in the ground and more asparagus planted. I have multiple plants to re pot and it seems too much to do. I do what I can and quit. I’m not complaining but I am getting older (my grandchildren think I’m really old-hah) so it goes. Happy Easter
Yes, it does. I’m busy transplanting tomatoes into 4″ pots today. It started out sunny and 60 and is now cloudy and drizzling. Oh well, it will send fertilizer down into my flower beds that I spread this morning. Like you, I do what I can do then take a break. I know I’m slowing down but I still get quite a bit done. Not as much as I’d like. But…. Happy Easter!!
OH how beautiful your sunny day looks. Still looks like winter conditions are there with the dry foliage. we’ve been up to 80! already! usually been high 50’s. But clear cold nights are no longer keeping me from getting in my root crops. ummm, I beat you on the first rhubarb pie yesterday! Enjoy yours when its ready. Happy Easter to you and enjoy the family. Forget about the thawing coolers of meat and know, tomorrow or the next, canning awaits.
Oh, now you’ve made me drool. I’m a few weeks from my first rhubarb pie. I’ll bet yours was good! Eighty degrees? Wow, we thought we had a heat wave at 60 today. We’re not complaining as it isn’t freezing at night, and the ice and snow are going fast.
Enjoy your Easter, Jackie and thank you for being wonderful you and sharing so much knowledge over the years. Allowing us in on all that you and Will do has helped us improve and expand what we do too.
Aww, I’m so glad you’re traveling along with us. Have a wonderful Easter!!
Many blessings to all of you, too. Now and in the coming year.
Carol
Thank you so much Carol. Have a wonderful, blessed Easter!!