We decided that transplanting my flowers from one flower bed to another would be a good thing too do so that Seth could play on his bike while I worked. He only last about 2 minutes before he was deep into the soil! Notice my 'water can'? Good thing Seth lent me his bucket or else the Holly Hocks would have been pretty dry.
I was so happy to see that my garlic chives are coming up this year too. I got them last fall from a neighbour and didn't think they survived my turkeys trampling and eating them last fall but here they are.
Most of my strawberry plants survived the winter also in a nice warm and cozy bed of straw. Some didn't make it but I am going to switch some around and you won't even notice that the others are missing. My dad also wants some of these Everberry plants for his garden.
Unfortunately we also had to put Semi in the barn. Part of being a farmer is knowing when to get rid of certain livestock as much as it troubles you. Semi has been a good cow but is being shipped off tomorrow to the sale barn.
At least the wee ones gave her a good going away meal of fresh cut grass. She will be missed.
AND THEN....
We finally got started on my new vegetable garden! Yeah! I am so excited for it this year. It is the biggest one I have ever planted. Here is my darling plowing up the old pasture to loosen the soil. That is our front yard that you see in the foreground.
The good old farm dog is always keeping an eye on things. We love you Katie!
Here goes the plow. In our field directly behind the tractor (in this picture) You can see two Canadian Geese that have decided to make that field their home. I hope they don't have a nest when we are trying to work the field but we will just work around them.
Good job! One more thing off our list of things to do. Now it just has to be tilled a couple times and then ready for planting. I seriously can't wait, I am so excited for what this garden is to bring.
Hi there, thanks for your comment over on my blog. The sheep and now the lambs sure are keeping us on our toes! As for fencing, the farm is fully fenced in rail fencing which does give some challenges.
ReplyDeleteOver the winter (when they were without lambs and the wooliest) we used only the rail fences. Our two llamas keep coyotes away and the sheep do not wander as long as they have lots of water and hay during the winter.
After shearing in the spring they can get into some tighter spaces and the lambs can get out of just about anywhere so we have started using electric netting fencing that has the poles built in (electronet). It is more expensive so we bought 3 lengths and will rotate throughout the pastures. Hope that helps!
I think we have the same tractor! Looks like great soil too! What are you planting in it this
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Cargillwitch - haha that is too funny about the tractor, we have had it for years and used it well and it is still really reliable! I am going to do a post on what I am planting in my garden, mostly anything that will grow in our area, the size is a little overwhelming right now so I hope I can keep it up. Thanks for your comment.
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