spring break

Well, I certainly didn’t think I’d stay away for a whole week. Along with things like Boy Scout camp, Spirng Gala dance rehearsals and performances, gardening, cooking, a birthday and an out of town trip, we also had quite a bit of just hang out time as a family. The last is my favorite.

Our weather has been crazy, as it usually is in March, we’ve had a few days that have hit the 90 degree mark and a few nights in the 30’s. Unfortunately, we haven’t had any rain to speak of.

Our green beans have sprouted and are growing. I went ahead and sowed more seeds to replace the ones that haven’t germinated. I’m determined to have enough to can this year.

One of the things I love about broccoli is that once you cut the main head off, little florets begin growing. We’ve had broccoli a couple of times a week for several months. But the time had come to pull it all out to put in some cucumbers. We cut all the florets that hadn’t flowered for one last meal and then gave the rest of the plants to the hens. They loved it.

Because of some “miscommunication” with my second eldest son (who shall remain nameless to protect the guilty) the broccoli transplants were planted IN the onion bed not in the bed NEXT to the onion bed.

So our onion harvest will be a little sparse this year. But that means that we’ll have extra space for more cucumbers. We got our transplants in and extra seeds. I found some bamboo stakes on clearance at a local feed store this fall and bought all they had. They came in handy this weekend.

Carl got busy tilling up more of the area where we want to expand our garden. My mom and her husband gave us this pull behind tiller and lets just say the guys really like it.

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