So, we think we are ready...We've planted most of what we were wanting and now it's the waiting game. We are needing to get some sort of fence installed as the hubs as decided each and every rabbit "is going to die a slow and painful death!"(I imagine this being said in an Elmer Fudd voice, makes it less menacing).
True, the rabbits have taken most of our cauliflower and a chuck of our broccoli...the bandits are also followed by blackbirds who currently are enjoying our pepper plants...I did spy some MUTANT RABBIT with one eye- not at all kidding, the thing had one good eye and a red puss oozing socket on the other side of his head- lingering around out there...
So, as summer starts, so do our dreams of "backyard farming" and the rabbits better be sleeping with one eye open, 'cause the hubs is looking into getting a pellet gun! One-eyed-rabbits might just be out of luck!
....and we are STILL WAITING for our chicken coop!
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Garden planted, yeah we'll see.
It's easy right, dig a hole and throw in some seeds, come back in a few days and lets eat. If only things were that simple. Don't get me wrong...I know dick about gardening, animals or much else for that matter. I'll be the first to admit it, but I'm not that much of a fool. This whole project is not some tree hugging save the planet mission or the sky is falling so hoard your food thing. It's more to do with my (and Kate's) own personal quest for knowledge and trying to teach a little something to our boy's at the same time.
There is a method/madness to all living things. Tomatoes don't need the same things as onions, beans are different than cucumbers. I don't know what they all need to thrive, but I'm going to try and figure it out. A wise man might do things on a small scale and ramp up from there. If you know me though, that's not my game. I'm an all or nothing type Kat. So here we go!
(side note: if you want a good workout. Step 1. Find a tiller. Step 2. Don't know how to use a tiller. Step 3. Use said tiller on dry, never cultivated soil with lots of rocks. I got your PX90 right here buddy.)
We've got a load of stuff planted, not a ton of one thing, but enough to learn what each will need. Some of the things are easy. Herbs and tomatoes, which we have done before. Other things like pumpkins, blueberries and cauliflower I have not the slightest idea about. And then others that just seem to have show up on their own like the berries in the ally (still don't know what kind they are raspberries or blackberries). But is all about the every pressing quest for knowledge. If you don't learn something each day, you're either to stupid to care about or not trying, just that simple. So off we go baby!!!
There is a method/madness to all living things. Tomatoes don't need the same things as onions, beans are different than cucumbers. I don't know what they all need to thrive, but I'm going to try and figure it out. A wise man might do things on a small scale and ramp up from there. If you know me though, that's not my game. I'm an all or nothing type Kat. So here we go!
(side note: if you want a good workout. Step 1. Find a tiller. Step 2. Don't know how to use a tiller. Step 3. Use said tiller on dry, never cultivated soil with lots of rocks. I got your PX90 right here buddy.)
We've got a load of stuff planted, not a ton of one thing, but enough to learn what each will need. Some of the things are easy. Herbs and tomatoes, which we have done before. Other things like pumpkins, blueberries and cauliflower I have not the slightest idea about. And then others that just seem to have show up on their own like the berries in the ally (still don't know what kind they are raspberries or blackberries). But is all about the every pressing quest for knowledge. If you don't learn something each day, you're either to stupid to care about or not trying, just that simple. So off we go baby!!!
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Progress, thy name is a TILLER!
So, about a week later, we have started out adventure! Jason borrowed a tiller and set to work on the back 40...Saturday, Jason and the kids cleared out the "garage". I put it in quotes because no HUMAN has used it for years...a neighborhood opossum, maybe. Jason also cleared out weeds around out wild raspberry patch in the back. Know nothing about them, but we are ready to learn!
Unfortunately, we are going to have to till some more tomorrow. We bought too many starts and didn't get them all in before the rain started. Might need to get a rabbit fence(?), I have fears of waking up and all our starts will be gone. A little more tilling and phase one of the "Ranch" is done...next up CHICKEN COOP!!! Enjoy the photos!
Unfortunately, we are going to have to till some more tomorrow. We bought too many starts and didn't get them all in before the rain started. Might need to get a rabbit fence(?), I have fears of waking up and all our starts will be gone. A little more tilling and phase one of the "Ranch" is done...next up CHICKEN COOP!!! Enjoy the photos!
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Nora getting the herb planters ready...   |
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