Turnips are putting forth some nice foliage. I think they’re going to make it!
Couldn’t have done it without your knowledge & guidance, Diana. Many thanks!
Got some tatsoi to transplant and everything that’s already in the ground could use some fertilizer. Will take an hour to get the drip system finished since figuring out a new arrangement of tubing for tunnel beds and having removed the pump and controller for winter.
Other to do thing is to get something running that cuts grass. Weed wacker might fire up. Push mower needs tank dumped and carb cleaned. Riding mower and tractor need parts so that will have to wait. Time to trade in these goats for sheep. Better lawnmowers.
My dang dog tramples or lays on about 1/4 to 1/3 of every seedling that comes up. I’mma bout to ring her neck.
This past week was the driest one we’ve had for quite awhile here in Central Missouri. We got 3/10” rainfall early in the week but it’s been dry since.
All of my bedding plants have been set out. 16 tomatoes, 20 peppers, 8 eggplant, 5 rhubarb. One eggplant croaked but the rest of it all looks good so far. Pole beans are sprouting. Cucumber row has been seeded. Spaghetti squash hills have been seeded. Six varieties of basil seeded in starter cells.
I’d intended to keep the rhubarb potted for awhile longer to give time for better root development, but the warm weather/sun/wind said no. I was watering them once a day but that wasn’t enough. They were starting to look a little bit unhappy so I went ahead and stuck them in the dirt. They had more root than I was expecting to see so hopefully they will take off and do something.
Mowed all of the grass. Hauled 4cu/yd topsoil to #1 Marine Daughter’s house for a landscaping project. Spread some gravel on a couple soft spots in travel lanes around the property. Trimmed a bunch of trees and hauled the scrap to the sippy hole. Stuck half a dozen bald cypress seedlings in a pot with some compost and set them in the pond until I decide where they’re going to be planted.
I moved the farm implements that were previously relocated to make room for installation of the freeze-proof faucet back to where they came from. Now Good Neighbor Dave won’t have to go around them when he comes to bale the hayfield.
Mrs. Augie took the welded wire down from the old brooder yard fence and I yanked a few t-posts the hard way. It’s been a few years since we used that space and it was starting to need some fixing so we’re fixing it. It will be much easier to get ready for baby chicks next spring with everything put back in shape ahead of time.
Feels like I’m leaving something out. I’m too tired today to have only done that little bit of chores over the weekend.