The girls have taken to one of Mrs. Augie's flower beds. They'll have the entire yard to run for another 45 days or so. Once the planting starts they stay in the hen yard.
Posted on 03/09/2012 10:51:08 AM PST by JustaDumbBlonde
Poor family, I include the dog, as he’s part of the family. I’ll bet it’s miserable most of the time outside. Is there nothing the vet can do to help the poor thing?
Time to get serious!
Last year I did a lot of work in my backyard and turned over probably 400 sq ft with a spade, just taking the rocks out and mixing it up good.
This time I decided it was time to break out THE TILLER!!
This puppy ain’t some housewife tiller that you see in a department store, this guy is brutal.
MTD with a six horse B&S engine, my buddy bought it in the early 70’s and it cost 375 bucks back then, dead weight over 200 pounds, it can rattle your teeth out if you lose control...!!!
Surprised it doesn’t have a pto output shaft!
Peas, radishes, lettuce, cabbage, spinach, celery can all be started quite early. Taters too.
Beets you can sow early also.
The vet has given the dog some shots and special food, but the poor dog only is allowed to go out and do its business for now. It still loses hair if he stays outside too long.
Poor thing, hopefully the meds and special food will help it.
I’m replanting some of my radishes, and finish planting some other stuff, now that the rain has stopped and the “river” in my back yard has quit running. I’ve planted some Cherokee Trail of Tears black beans, now I’ll plant some Ky Blue Lakes. Is it time for Okra yet? My salad greens and popping up, surprising the rain didn’t bother the little seeds and so is the lettuce.
I plant lettuce almost year round. I’d wait a little longer before planting okra.
Thanks. I’ll tell her about Benedryl.
The girls have taken to one of Mrs. Augie's flower beds. They'll have the entire yard to run for another 45 days or so. Once the planting starts they stay in the hen yard.
Well, I think I’ll follow your lead and keep my lettuce growing too. In fact, I’m going to do a fall garden and when can we begin a winter garden? Ok, I’ll wait on the okra. My tomatoes are doing well. I still have a couple of molasses pots to fill. My potatoes are doing their thing, and I think I’ll plant more, but in buckets this time.
Nice photo. Is that rock on your property?
Ha! Sounds like you could break the soil and a limb or two all in one outing ... lol.
They look very content!
The rock comes out of a creek bed on the family homestead farm ~15 miles from where we live.
There’s not a rock to be found on my place that wasn’t hauled in from somewhere else.
I’ve read that, but this is very early. We’re still a solid freeze and 2 snowstorms away from our usual spring.
Today is the first day of all day sun in our new digs. I am still trying to decide on how to orient my new garden. It looks like which ever orientation I decide to take that the garden would get full morning sun until around 1 to 2 PM and then be shaded the rest of the afternoon. At least at this time of year. The shade might be a blessing this summer?
That shade may well be good. Our garden was shaded from 2pm on and I believe that is why we had live, producing tomatos last year when everyboby else had their’s burned up in the 100deg+ afternoon sun. Just my guess, for whatever it’s worth.
Yeah I think you may be right and I get your point. I had to supply artificial shade last year to my garden. Especially in the afternoon. Looked down right ugly with old white sheets draped all over the place. This is going to be an interesting season for me, as yours was last year.
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