Yesterday, while working in the garden, I heard a funny screachy sound. I looked around to see what it might be. I then realized it was our rooster. His first crow. He was so proud. He struted in front of… Continue reading
It is hotter outside than one can bare naturally. I went out at 6 a.m. just to get some garden work done, and I was spent by 7 a.m. It is now just 75 in the shade, but the humidity… Continue reading
For the last day and a half, it has been raining. The rain for May was down almost by 2 inches, so we needed this rain. We could use some more. Good on two counts. It gives my back a… Continue reading
We are actually done planting the hundreds of seedlings from the green house. The only thing we have now left to plant is the squashes and pumpkins. It feels so good to be done. I never thought we would get… Continue reading
Finally, we have the orginal floor exposed in the kitchen. It took a lot of work, and my arms are tired, but it was worth it. We figure it is about 70 years old. To most, it is would be ugly, but to us it is what we needed to continue our journey on back dating the kitchen to the late 1930′s- early 1940′s. At some point, we would like to open the ceiling up and expose the beams and the window that is up in the “attic” of the kitchen, but that would take much more muscle than we have right now. Continue reading
Wow, I am actually seeing the end to the planting. Only a few more packets to go. Yesterday we worked on the “Crabtree” garden. It is called this, because it butts up against their property. Each garden has a name. That way we know what is where. I also have maps of where everything is planted. Continue reading
For anyone who has seen the movie For Richer, For Poorer with Tim Allen and Kirstey Alley, they would understand why you would take in total strangers around planting season. It it hard work. We still have one garden we are working on, and another we haven’t even removed the sod from. Continue reading