On Saturday my neighbour came and tilled a bunch of space to expand the garden. I’m very excited to have this done. He has a 5′ tiller mounted on the back of his tractor which cuts through the thick matted hay field like butter. This would have taken me days if not weeks to do [...]
Tomato Disaster
Well, at least it seemed like a disaster at first. After evicting the chickens from the greenhouse I scooped all the manure into a pile, mixed with straw then wet it really well. After the second day the pile was heating up nicely. So I thought, great! That will keep the tomato transplants [...]
The snow is almost totally melted off the garden now. This picture is from Monday but today (Wednesday) the snow is entirely gone. This is the “new” garden area. I had my neighbour (farm in the background) till it for me in the fall. Then I planted winter rye as a cover crop. I think [...]
Chickens
The chickens are enjoying their new freedom and dispensing of any earthworms immediately outside the greenhouse. They’ve been confined to the greenhouse all winter and seem happy to explore other areas again. I’m eager to get them into their summer home (a movable coop and electric fencing) so I can get to work inside the [...]
