Homesteaders

[OrganicFarmWife]

The asparagus seeds I planted this year have finally shot up. I was worried, nothing was showing up but they seemed to grow 2feet in a couple of days. Hopefully they will come back next year....

 

[Chicken girl 15]

I have new chickies piping and zipping.

 

[Serenashome]

@OrganicFarmWife I cleared my ferns last week and had a few shoots as tall as me. The week before they were barely peeking out of the dried ferns from last year. It's amazing how much they come back and how fast.

Did you plant Mary Washington? Nice thing about seeds as opposed to buying all male roots is you get more seeds from the females that reseed themselves every year. Of course you get spears from the males regardless of which route you go.

 

[limited25]

Im allergic to my animals but my allergies finally got the memo the animals are here to stay. As far as seasonal allergies I just muscle my way through it, all the allergy meds make me sleepy. Dad is going to teach me how to cut hay with the swather when it gets up and running again. So I am excited about that. Got lab results back, turns out I have profound iron deficiency anemia to go along with my depression and anxiety. Yay me, but things are looking up again and the camper is set in its "holiday" location. Boys and I are going to go fishing more this summer and go down more trails to scope out hunting areas for the fall. Teach the bulldogge how to run with the fourwheeler instead of infront of it. Got her pulling light weights around the house in the laundry basket until the wagon is ready. My peas shot up 6 inches in 2 days, so that was a surprise today. Thats all that is going on in my little corner of the world.

Think actually that is probably good new because you can take iron pills for that and might cure depression and anxiety as well. When I was iron deficient I was so tired ... and that is depressing in itself. Feeling better will probably help with anxiety. Best wishes for you.

 

[OrganicFarmWife]

@OrganicFarmWife
 I cleared my ferns last week and had a few shoots as tall as me. The week before they were barely peeking out of the dried ferns from last year. It's amazing how much they come back and how fast. 

Did you plant Mary Washington? Nice thing about seeds as opposed to buying all male roots is you get more seeds from the females that reseed themselves every year. Of course you get spears from the males regardless of which route you go.

Yes I think they were Mary Washingtons but I would need to look at the packet to be certain. I did plant a couple roots as well, but I think between the children and the chickens they did not survive. So relieved the seeds did, they require more patience, but so worth it if I can get them to take.

 

[Serenashome]

Yes I think they were Mary Washingtons but I would need to look at the packet to be certain. I did plant a couple roots as well, but I think between the children and the chickens they did not survive. So relieved the seeds did, they require more patience, but so worth it if I can get them to take.

If you can leave the roots in, I had one I thought was gone only to have it come back the next year. I think depending on when you plant, they put a lot of effort into the roots at first. So you may have a viable plant you just won't see it until next year.

 

[Chicken girl 15]

5 babies out of the shell and 3 zipped! !!! It's slow going but they are coming.

 

[bluto in mo]

Where the pics?

 

[rancher hicks]

Where the pics?

These aren't the pics you're looking for.

However, I just bought a new camera and needed to test it out before our trip to Alaska. Something I should have done before our trip to Israel long ago but that's another story.

These include a "hint" for when danger of frost, or in this case snow is nigh. Notice the Plastic bag over the pot. The opaque bag will allow light in yet still protect the plants. It can be use even for early planting.





Question: Why do chickens feel the need to peck the side of the house. We have painted shake shingles and they pecked all the paint off them. Too the chickens in the run pecked all at the side of the coop. Pecking all the purple paint. None of which is lead based so there is no sweet taste.

 

[bluto in mo]

I have a theory, it's because they like to sample before they eat. Kinda like bluegills. They just haven't figured that if one spot doesn't taste good the whole piece won't taste the same.