Looks fun! In the photo section, lots of people are wearing jackets still! There’s a reason I don’t live any further north than I do. By Mother’s Day, I don’t want to see jackets until October at best. Doesn’t happen every year, but I need some warmer weather for a few months, preferably 7 or more.
So, what have I accomplished this morning? Well, we just finished moving things in from the greenhouse to the dining room table. Wouldn’t be the first time, won’t be the last that the weather won’t cooperate with me! Today is COLD - it was down to 32 last night and we have another few clear and cold nights coming up like that so - screw it! All of my hard work is NOT going to waste!
We moved in Tomatoes, Peppers, Basil, my two big Rosemary plants, Lemon Thyme and a flat of Marigolds and Cosmos. Zinnia and Sunflowers are just starting to germinate in the grow light rack. Next up is Zukes and Cukes and Winter Squash for Beau to plant and then forget about in favor of fishing and hunting. ;)
Our Beagle, Chief, is on his last legs. We were surprised that he made it through the night. He’s just old. Today he is napping, then wants to go out (I am putting him on the chain so he doesn’t wander under the house to die) and he is not acting like he is in any pain, but he is fading fast. So THAT sucks! I’ll miss that guy! The other Beagle, Dolly, is limping around having hurt her paw or shoulder after a long, LONG run with the puppies earlier this week. She, too, doesn’t require medical care, but she needs to REST - and that is not in her wheelhouse, LOL! (She is SUPPOSED to be RETIRED from hunting, but she won’t listen.)
Other than that, I’ve been cutting bouquets of Daffs and Tulips, so those are cheerful to have in the house! :) Am on the last few rows of the Afghan I’ve been crocheting for The County Fair. Not entirely THRILLED, so I many be pulling it apart and changing the color scheme a bit. I did that with my last Afghan. We ‘artists’ are never entirely happy with our work! ;)
We picked up HALF our order of chicks, yesterday and they are doing just fine in their Chicken Palace. We got 6 Barred Rock and will be getting 6 Buff Orpington when the next batch comes in. ‘Someone’ named ‘Brian’ screwed up my order for chicks from last week...and then, of course, had the whole weekend off, so I’ll have to yell at him come Monday. ;)
They ran $22 for 6 of this breed. They have a lot of ducks this season and some really REALLY fancy birds, but I’m just interested in egg production so I chose reliable, cold-hardy breeds I have had before up here on The Frozen Tundra.
Not much else on the gardening schedule for this week, other than I have GOT to get on the mower - which also requires me to pick up eleventy-thousand branches and stick that have fallen in our last few rounds of windy/rainy weather. Oh, well. I’ve got nothing ELSE to do around here! ;)
Beau is picking up some dog houses from a fiend who no longer needs them, so the current batch of puppies will be getting the rude awakening to ‘life on the chain’ in a few short weeks. They are coming along - finally - and treed my cat this morning and actually stayed with it. They also went to hunt for the first time by themselves this morning. ‘Daddy’ is so proud! (Boyd, the cat, is fine. Not his first batch of puppies he’s helped raise/train. Not his first time up that tree. Not his first Rodeo.)
That’s all the news from ‘Abandon All Hope’ Farm for today!
P.S. Pollard? I know how you love your gizmos, but I have a sure-fire way to know if it’s too cold for tender annuals in my unheated greenhouse. When you wake up in the morning and the dog water dish on the porch is frozen over - it’s too d@mn cold! :)