Some of the weekend daylilies. They are super right now!











































I really thought we would have had more rain on Saturday when the sky looked like this,

but no, it waited until Sunday to open up. It was a nice gentle rain, but a little on the cold side.

Monday, April 26

Quite a lot of the garden's been planted.
There a couple of nice rows of potatoes already peeking through. The peas are up, but spotty in places. The lettuce is doing well and should be ready for thinning this week. Gale is obsessed with planting lots of onions and only deferred another row yesterday because of the wet soil.
There are 4 cabbages and 7 tomatoes being protected by Walls of Water, and Brussels sprouts are ready to go in when the soil dries out.
I think I finally see the beets and spinach peeking out. Gale planted corn a week ago Sunday - 4 rows - and another row on Tuesday. It's Ambrosia again, the best corn I've ever eaten.
This year Gale has a few packets of Ruby Queen corn. Yes, it's a red sweet corn. Not sure about that one, but I'm always up for an experiment.
The garage is coming along nicely. The south side (the one without a finished roof) looks rather good and the garden bed there is almost finished. The west side is mostly painted and about 1/3 of that bed is done. Have to get cracking on the rest of that bed and then it's the north side. Of course, the east side with the garage door is going to be the worst, since it'll have to be completely rebuilt - AFTER the car vacates. Yes, I'm going to have to turn into a nagging harpy to get Gale to address that issue, but a woman's gotta do what a woman's gotta do.

Monday, March 29

Got just a little done in the garden today. I planted beets and spinach. Some of the spinach seed was a couple of years old, so I planted that part very thick.
Really could use some rain.

Sunday, March 28

Got to the farm early to show the pony. He was so good! I'm hoping that everyone agrees he'll work out for Merissa and they make a great team this year.
Despite the sun, temperatures were still pretty cold and the wind was wicked. It's shedding season, so I'm going to be finding horsehair in every bodily orifice and on (and in) every piece of clothing for the next couple of weeks. Birdies will be very happy for all of the nesting material they'll find.
Afternoon turned overcast and the wind really picked up. We were hoping to get the prairie grasses burned this afternoon, but we'll have to wait for a little calmer day.
Boy, I thought we'd eaten potatoes like mad all winter, but still ended up with lots of sprouters from the ones we dug last fall. So Gale dug a couple of trenches and we planted loads of potatoes, whites, reds and a few Yukon Gold. We'll see how well they come up in a couple of weeks.

Wednesday, March 24

Finished planting the three packs of peas. Last year, I tried 3 different types and Green Arrow was hands down the best tasting and most prolific, so, while I may try other varieties I'll continue to use Green Arrow.
Then put in 4 different lettuces. Some of the seed was last years', so I sowed pretty heavily. First was Oak Leaf, then Rougette de Montpelier, a French Butterhead, followed by Red Romaine and last Forellenschluss. We'll see how well those pop up over the next week.
And the rain will come tonight and get everything watered for me!

Tuesday, March 23

Very productive garden day!
Gale got a lot of the garden tilled, and I got the first of the peas in the ground. First in was the remainder of last year's pack of Little Marvel, and then a pack of Green Arrow. Three more packs of Green Arrow to go tomorrow, and then start with the spinach and the lettuce.
And I rode today! Woohoo! I looked terrible but it felt great.

Daylilies!

A long time ago, I was one of those who didn't care for daylilies. Orange has never been one of my favorite colors, and the "ditch lily" was only good for keeping large areas filled with something.

Then I learned about hybrids, and I've been hooked ever since!

This is Catherine Woodbury, a classic and one of my all-time favorites.

And who can resist this beauty, with its ruffled edges and strong color? And fragrant? Yes!

Hopefully I'll get the hang of this blogging thing and have the time to post lots more of my favorite photos from the farm.