Things That Make Me Smile
Category Archives: the homestead
More Babies…
…for the “farm”
Ten little baby rabbits tucked into their nest….
What are we doing with these little guys. Well someday they will be our dinner.
Daffodils
Ever year I add a few Daffodils to my garden. Daffodils are my favorite flower and I get so excited when the snow finally melts and there are little green spears poking up, promising a bright yellow display.
This last fall I planted 100 bulbs around our new grapes trellis, and they sure didn’t disappoint.
This last fall I planted 100 bulbs around our new grapes trellis, and they sure didn’t disappoint.
Spring Gardening
Gardening is one of my all time favorite things to do. Nothing is as soothing to me than a warm summer evening spent pulling weeds or picking vegetables. Or maybe it is the satisfaction I find at filling my dinner table with items fresh from the picking and tended with love. Or maybe it is sinking into bed after a long hot Saturday digging and tilling and pulling and planting. Or maybe it is taking a walk on a cool summer morning enjoying the flowers and their fresh faces. Or maybe it is watching and waiting for the first seedlings of spring to make their appearance.
Whatever it is, I love it, it makes me happy.
This is sage, for my newly redesigned herb garden.
New this year is Celery and Celery root. The secondary leaves are starting to appear, and hopefully they will be big and robust in 4 weeks when I can plant my tender veggies. In my neck of the woods the danger of a hard freeze sticks around until the second week in May. So only the hardiest of vegetable get to be outside now.
Outside, the fist cabbage seedlings are coming up.
(If you look really close you can see the seedlings in the picture below, this is a purple variety of cabbage, so it blends in)
The picture at the top is Spinach. It is a little late this year, due to the stinking varmints (cats) that think my garden boxes are their toilet.
(don’t tell me to add pepper, it doesn’t work with the felines that roam my neighborhood)
This patch of spinach was dug up twice before I found my garden cloth to cover them up.
(GRRRR)
My winter vegetable are doing great, the garlic is lush and green, and my carrots are growing thick tops. The carrots will all be harvested in the next week or so. I have already planted this years first crop of carrots in other beds.
And last, but not least, to my great joy….the bare root raspberries are starting to leaf out.
The picture at the top is Spinach. It is a little late this year, due to the stinking varmints (cats) that think my garden boxes are their toilet.(don’t tell me to add pepper, it doesn’t work with the felines that roam my neighborhood)
This patch of spinach was dug up twice before I found my garden cloth to cover them up.
(GRRRR)
Below, if you look real close you can see the first leaves of my early turnips. Turnips love the cold spring air. My family doesn’t really love turnips, but we are going to work on that this year. They are easy to grow and very good for you, a valuable addition to a garden.
My winter vegetable are doing great, the garlic is lush and green, and my carrots are growing thick tops. The carrots will all be harvested in the next week or so. I have already planted this years first crop of carrots in other beds.
And last, but not least, to my great joy….the bare root raspberries are starting to leaf out.
A Little Lovin’ in the Carrot Patch
