We've had about 4 days of sunshine in a row, now...which means the gardens are starting to put on some growth...including, of course, THE WEEDS!!! I'll be so glad when the donks are trained up for the cultivator, that's for sure. I've been spending my mornings of the last 3 weeks or so helping my driving mentor train her new mammoth geldings to drive team & 3-abreast. She gave me a parade harness that her smallest donk Lippy Luvver Luc outgrew...now Jenny-Mae will be on track for doing garden work - covered in bling! Like my mentor Kristi says, "Girls have to look good, ya know!"
The radishes are needing to be pulled, not enough other stuff ready yet to make it worthwhile to go to market. But the spinach, lettuce & mesclun are coming on by next weekend, if anyone's interested, let me know - I'll sell what 's available and can deliver locally. Need about 10 solid days of sunshine for the peas to blossom & set.
Oh, and this Saturday (June 18th) is the White Bird Days Parade! Kristi's driving Teamdonk #1 in it...and guess who's along for the ride doing 'candy duty'?!? Yup, I got "volunteered" to sling the candy & to head the donkey boys when we come to a stop, so that the kiddies can pet the big boys. So Saturday, instead of hauling ass, they'll be hauling me!
Hope to see ya there!
Ugh...gotta go rescue my truck from the field...replacing a starter in the rain is so not fun.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Well, the gardens are full!
It's been a little while since I posted anything new here...between trying to play catch-up during the few sunny days & a tempermental computer that's been to the doc twice w/out total success, well...
Anyways, onto farm news. I've got the goat girls booked for 4 jobs in the L/C area after they get done w/ the 3 jobs here; I find it cool how my system of diversity on the farm is starting to work out. It's been a real slow go this spring w/ the produce - most things are up, but just sitting there, hanging on for the sunshine...but the grass & weeds are over my head on some of these jobs I checked out last Sunday. So far, it's 'my girls' that are making me the money, yet to get anything out of the garden 'cept for my personal sampling, which I prefer to call "quality control", doncha know? I also have another potential client in Harpster waiting 'til summer, so the girls will have a full summer..and bellies! Fun to watch the response of a client when they come out in the morning to realize what used to be a 7-foot tall bull thistle is now nothing but a hollow 6-inch-tall "stump". I've been "volunteered" to ride along w/ my driving mentor in the White Bird Days parade on Fathers' Day. I'm also planning a "playday" with various draft animals on one of my garden sites, this fall. I've got the gardens planted to bursting --> some of the highlights are 5 types of tomatoes; 4 melons, including 164 cantaloupe plants & 26 Tigger melons! I should {finally} have the peas & salad fixin's available for sale in about 2 or perhaps 3 weeks, depending on the sun.
Well, that should catch you up on the news around here, for now.
Anyways, onto farm news. I've got the goat girls booked for 4 jobs in the L/C area after they get done w/ the 3 jobs here; I find it cool how my system of diversity on the farm is starting to work out. It's been a real slow go this spring w/ the produce - most things are up, but just sitting there, hanging on for the sunshine...but the grass & weeds are over my head on some of these jobs I checked out last Sunday. So far, it's 'my girls' that are making me the money, yet to get anything out of the garden 'cept for my personal sampling, which I prefer to call "quality control", doncha know? I also have another potential client in Harpster waiting 'til summer, so the girls will have a full summer..and bellies! Fun to watch the response of a client when they come out in the morning to realize what used to be a 7-foot tall bull thistle is now nothing but a hollow 6-inch-tall "stump". I've been "volunteered" to ride along w/ my driving mentor in the White Bird Days parade on Fathers' Day. I'm also planning a "playday" with various draft animals on one of my garden sites, this fall. I've got the gardens planted to bursting --> some of the highlights are 5 types of tomatoes; 4 melons, including 164 cantaloupe plants & 26 Tigger melons! I should {finally} have the peas & salad fixin's available for sale in about 2 or perhaps 3 weeks, depending on the sun.
Well, that should catch you up on the news around here, for now.
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