Garden Time

I decided to do square foot gardening this year.  I have heard really great things about it and I really hate to weed (and don't have time) so this seemed like a good fit for me.

The soil is a mixture of 1/3 composed manure, 1/3 peat moss and 1/3 vermiculite. 

Tanner really loves to help and he is a really hard worker.

We also made cages to keep the critters out of the garden.  After making these 2 though I decided not to make anymore.  Chicken wire is not easy to use and I was really happy when these were finished.

Morgan is my dirt girl.  She doesn't normally like the outdoor stuff, but she likes to dig in the dirt.  She took over the mixing of the dirt and she did a fantastic job.

Getting ready to load a box

 While Morgan was filling the last 2 boxes Madison was putting on the string

 Time to plant.  Tanner really likes to plant he had to be involved in planting everything

Tanner still planting

Almost finished, just the watering left to do.

  Beautiful plants.  Green beans, peppers and tomatoes

Early May

 

A view from the creek line on a beautiful clear spring day.  All those white dots out there...sheep

This is one of my least favorite jobs...trimming/cleaning hooves.  I spent a lot of time this spring doing this.

This one decided to just give up and get it over.

Sammy was always stealing my hat.

Morgan was the Garden box builder this year.  I showed her what to do and she took over.  She built all of the garden boxes and did a great job.

This is a view from the street.  The house is behind the woods to the left of the driveway.

Three little piggies in their new straw house.  Luckily no wolves to come blow it down.