Finally! A day off. I have been working two jobs since November and while that has paid off in terms of building the farm, it is not conducive to actually working on the farm. So today I finally had some down time and a chance to work on spring (summer?) planting. We put in peas, but I am not hopeful for them. We will also try again in September for a late crop. Mark put in tomatoes a couple weeks ago, and they look good. I also put in some cucumbers and planted onion starts, beets, and broccoli then. Today I got in quite a bit. We have corn, potatoes, beans and cabbage, The sunflowers are up against the far fence and I will get the pumpkins started, too.
These are hot, sultry days. The humidity is high and we have had several rainy days. Today was sunny and cloudy and warm. Thank goodness, or I would never have gotten anything done. I am looking forward to plenty more time to plant in the next couple of days because school has ended and I only have one job for the next ten weeks. Since I am only available afternoons and evenings, I will have all my days to work on the farm!
I have some flower gardening to do as well, and will post up pics when I am done. I am putting Lily of the Valley up by the house, and peonies down where Mark panted the lilac bush. I bought the big elephant ear hostas and will put those down around the trees in the back. I want to put a patio down back this summer, too, so we can spend some cool summer evenings down there. At least we can look out on the yard instead of the driveway!
And a pool. Jacob and Zach worked pretty hard today to get the planting done, and mentioned that they would like a pool. And while I can't get a big pool, a small cooling-off wader would be nice.
More to come in the next few weeks.
