Everything is on its way!

Well, I have managed to get quite a few things done, but there is still so much more to do. The coop for the chickens is coming along slowly. We finally have all the material to finish it up, sans the nesting boxes, but it's started raining and I can't finish the whitewash until it's done. Throw in coaching soccer, being a Cub Scout den leader, prepping for the GMAT, and trying to find a job and the farm is not getting as much attention as it should.

Another couple of weeks and it will be time to transplant my seedlings. If I manage to keep them alive that long. I had thought about going ahead and putting them out even though we're well ahead of the last frost date for the area. Usually, I don't mind gambling a little, but it is still getting dangerously close to freezing every night. Not sure covering them would be good enough. Plus, I'd probably end up losing them to the rabbits that are eating all the leaves off my broccoli. The dog is supposed to be keeping them out of the garden. He has every year until now. He's still chasing squirrels, birds, and snakes so I don't know why rabbits are suddenly verboten for him.

I've also finally planted my two blueberry bushes. Since I've been told they attract snakes, I decided to put them on the hill that the snakes like already. As long as I keep the grass and weeds down over there, it should be okay. Might as well keep them where I know they are instead of inviting them elsewhere in the yard. I still have to get my blackberry bushes planted, though.

Finally it's started

I have finally sowed my seeds, planted my seedlings, and potted my herbs. It only took me almost a week from when I said I would do it. Now, we'll see if I've planted any of this stuff too late. I have planted onion sets, broccoli seedlings, cauliflower, kale, cabbage, and brussel sprout seeds. I have a very large garden and normally we plant in rows. But it makes for a very large row. Even when we split the garden in half. This year, I decided to try raised beds. I'm not sure if I'll do it for the rest of the garden after my started seeds are ready to plant. It took forever to make the bed for my cool weather crops. My husband made fun of me and asked for the 20th time what the point was. Then he proceeded to tell me there were rototillers that would create raised beds. At this point, I told him that unless he was willing to go get me one of those tillers, it was time for him to shut his mouth. I didn't ask him for help or advice. He really shouldn't have supplied it.

I have set me seed starters up in the sun room. I know you're supposed to cover the seed trays or keep them under a light to keep them moist and warm. But I think the sun room will do the job. There are so many windows in this room that faces the east, that the sun shines into it for hours. It could be 50 degrees in the rest of the house and this room could feel like it is a balmy 80. So, hopefully, this will be good enough.

A day wasted and lost forever

It's amazing how fast time goes by when you have something you need to do, but everything else shoves itself in the way. I never did get those seeds started. Something else that will be pushed off to tomorrow, or the next tomorrow, or the next. The chicks are too big for their brooder and I still haven't pulled that other trough out of the field to move some over and alleviate the massive overpopulation problem on the island of Chick Brooder. Maybe Congressman Hank Johnson could address this issue and tell me how to keep it from tipping and capsizing into the ocean... As the admiral said, "We don't anticipate that." But, now I would have no excuse if my brooder did tip over and capsize. The possibility has been raised. So, no more delays, they will be moved to an unpopulated brooder tomorrow. That one will not be delayed.

I did manage to till the garden again. The husband insists on doing it one more time before I transplant my spring veggies, but if he delays this one, too bad. I can't delay these any longer either. Before I know it, spring will be over and what is the point of growing spring vegetables if it's not spring.

It's not as if I sat around doing nothing for the past two days. My dad is in before he flies off to join Mom in Belgium. Not sure when I'll see them next. With no current employment, a ticket for each of us is not feasible. So, I spent time with him. And I've scanned pictures I found in my recently deceased great aunt's house to share with Mom, aunt, and cousins. I just haven't done any of my farming/gardening. And I feel like a slacker. So, tomorrow, I am forgoing the event in Garrard County, damning the expected rain and daring it to come, and buckling down. Those seeds will be started. The seedlings will be planted. The brooder will be depopulated and saved from catastrophe. I will do it.