Posted on 02/29/2020 7:27:28 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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Bonus Leap Day this year! I think I’ll go sort my seed packets and double-check my seed starting dates, today.
Supposed to hit 45 today, so things should be a muddy mess out here on the farm - but I’ll take it! :)
Sun is shining here is Michigan and milder temps ahead. Best wishes to all!
We are just getting over an arctic blast and by Monday the temperatures are supposed to go into the 40’s and STAY THERE!!!!
Whoo Hoo!!!!!!!!
OK, we’re moving to a new house in the country that is loaded with deer. The house comes with a garden that is fenced in but I understand that it is no guarantee to keep deer out.
I know deer like some veggies more than others, like beans. But what is there that they would NOT be so interested in.
Does anyone have any suggestions to help make it less attractive to the deer? I understand they to not like fragrant plants and I do plan on having an herb garden. I also an planting onions and garlic.
Do deer eat the corn plants or just the corn when it’s ripe?
What about tomato plants?
Oh, yeah. I’ve got big snow piles, too. We’ve had our usual 50+ inches of the White Stuff this season.
We’re on the back side of it, though, we DID have a few inches of snow last April, which was unusual. The Robins were not the least little bit happy, LOL!
17* and dropping. Send us some spring; last year, it stayed cold; putting in plants was so late. Terrible harvest.
Hoping this year will be better!:)
A lot depends on the fence. You can hang some old cd’s every now and then along the top edge so they will spin with the wind. Our most effective was sending hubby out to “water” the edge of the garden. That scent will keep a variety of critters away.
Looks like a bear cub LOL
Still dithering on my jungs cart LOL.
Also my rareseeds cart, and my other sources for stuff like grain seeds.
For our anniversary, hubby bought me a grain mill and also the grain huller attachment. I’m happy as a tornado in a trailer park :)
70F here today.
I’m take a fan outside and aim it north...
It won’t stop raining here though. Bah.
Old AOL discs also made nifty targets.
Our home has wood shingle siding just like yours.
Very unusual weather for Benderville...
http://kymkemp.com/2020/02/28/driest-february-on-record-for-much-of-california/
Old AOL discs, LOL. I remember when our post office had boxes of them on the counter.
Leap Day - yay! I was up & at ‘em early this morning, trying to beat the Saturday shoppers & score on some $2.99/lb chuck roast. There were 3 left in the case when I left. On the way across the parking lot back to the car, there was a brief “graupel” shower. I’ve seen it once before so I knew what it was ... looks like little snow pellets:
https://snowslang.com/graupel-definition-precipitation/
It’s going to be a chilly day (40’s), but at least the wind isn’t gusting/howling like it has been the last two days (the birds were hanging on to the swinging bird feeders for dear life). We got more rain so things are soggy and I’m not going to do anything in the garden until maybe tomorrow or Monday (after which ... more rain!).
Took a ride in the country Thursday & the winter wheat in the fields is lush green, some crab apple trees are blooming & I saw one forsythia bush also in bloom. We have camellias, crocuses & daffodils blooming at our place - it’s been a very mild winter. Seeing all the “green” reminded me I needed to get my mower serviced - that is now scheduled for March 11 so I’ll be ready to roll as soon as something other than the wild onions start growing in our fields.
My SIL’s chickens have started laying again, which means two dozen eggs came my way this past week & one of my nieces just got baby chicks (of course, they’ll be inside a while). The farm where I buy my grass fed beef had their first calf arrive this past week so the spring babies are on the way.
Tomorrow is March 1 .... the beginning of the end of my winter depression. Once we hit that date, I know if we get snow, it won’t last long!
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