Picked a bunch of weeds in the garden today for the rabbits.
I'm currently incubating eggs. Started with a dozen. Eight made it to lockdown. I thought they were going to be born tomorrow..maybe Saturday. I just removed the egg turner last night. 🙄 My first chick just exited the shell about 5...
I'm so sore that I can hardly move...
BUT...
I finally got my broccoli, cauliflower, and kale starts in the ground! :celebrate
It was a lot of work because I had to clear all the scrub out of the garden, put down about 4 inches of new compost, put up down black plastic as weed barrier...
Finally got a GOOD downpour this morning. Supposed to get another 2 - 4 inches early in the week.
Hopefully that kicks off some good growth. I did heavily prune my peach tree so I'm a little worried about canker. Tomorrow I'll probably smash up an aspirin and make a paste to put on the cut...
Sorry if I missed that question earlier... I've never scarified those types of seeds. Never needed to... I think they will sprout when it gets a little warmer.
A few more seeds have finally sprouted - watermelon, zucchini, cantaloupe, Huckleberry, goji berries...
But still a hard NO on the peppers, pumpkin, and cushaw. 🙄
Starting on Wednesday, it was supposed to rain for 8 days straight. Yeah, right... No rain yesterday. Sprinkled briefly and...
My doe is really aggressive whenever I try to peek in on her kits. Her 2nd brood just started opening their eyes. I unintentionally woke them up while checking on them this weekend. Two crawled out of the nest. As I was trying to catch them to put them back, mom kept trying to attack me. I had...
I've had broccoli, cauliflower, and some tomatoes come up. I see a hint of a speck that makes me think the zucchini is about to come up too.
But Nada on the huckleberries, goji berries, peppers, pumpkin, watermelon, or cantaloupe. 😕 Guess those are taking their time.
In the garden, I've...
Got most of my potatoes planted. Ran out of space. I have 8 left... Might have to put together grow bags for the rest.
Got a small corner of the in-ground garden area cleared of last year's growth and weeds. Still sooooo much more to do. I'd like to get the rest cleared enough to plant my...
I got a little bit done today but not nearly enough... I managed to get my Toka plum and 5 new Heritage raspberry canes planted. Supposed to rain every day this week but Tuesday.
I've got 2 plum trees growing that are 3 - 4 yrs old. They were grown from store bought fruit. One of the the two...
Sooooooo much to do today and it's going to be a sweltering 80 degrees outside...
I picked up some cauliflower, broccoli, and kale starts. Also some onions and potatoes to get planted.
I need to spray the fruit trees ASAP. Some are already breaking bud. 🙄
Really need to get my garden area...
There's a state park in Arkansas called Crater of Diamonds. It has natural deposits of diamonds. Visitors can search for diamonds and keep anything you find. I took the kids there once when they were young. They thought it was fun for about 15 minutes and then got bored. I've always wondered if...
All 5 of these came from 2 store-bought tops I rooted about 3 or 4 years ago. I naively thought they would fruit in their 2nd or 3rd year because that's what I read online. I tried REALLY HARD to get them to fruit last summer. I tried catching ethylene gas from a banana soaked in water. I tried...
I have lots of baby lettuce and greens. Also asparagus coming up but still too short to harvest. Peonies and other flowers are beginning to come up. Hollyhocks too.
It's going to be down in the upper teens.
My doe kindled again 2 days ago. Of course it's going to be down in the teens tonight and tomorrow night. Hoping the kits pull through... 🙏 🙏
She had them in a different tub that is smaller than the other one. She seems to be having some trouble getting the entrance covered like before which...
I have 10 females and 1 drake. Even having more girls, my drake has certain hens he likes to target... Even when those girls don't want his attention and others are willfully neglected. When he gets too aggressive, I separate him for a month or two. It really stresses him out but I hate seeing 2...