Category: Gardening and Harvesting
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Second Harvest
The second pea harvest has been much larger than the first. The corn is growing well, but the melons aren’t doing much. Continue reading
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Our First Harvest!
My black thumb hasn’t killed anything yet, and I harvested the first of the peas today! OK, so it’s a meager harvest, but there are a lot more growing. These sure tasted good! Continue reading
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Sheep Butchering and a Garden Update
The second batch of rams went to slaughter today. We try to sell and use as much of the sheep as we can. One thing we save from the rams are the horns. They get made into shepherd’s crooks and knife handles. Here, Ken is using a sawzall to cut the horns off the skull.… Continue reading
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Solstice!
It’s time for the solstice. Summer has now officially begun. I still haven’t killed the garden, so I’m pretty thrilled about that. Here is the corn. It won’t be knee-high by the fourth of July, but at least it’s still growing. The peas are doing well. I see a few flowers starting to show now,… Continue reading
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The Garden Is Growing
Well, my black thumb hasn’t hit me too hard yet. The corn is up and doing well. Now, I’ve got to figure out if I need to thin the plants. The peas are doing well, too. I’m not sure about the melons yet. There are plants where I put the seeds, but I’m not sure… Continue reading
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Sheep Are Shipped, Plus More Garden Stuff
We shipped out four yearling ewes to start a new flock up in Wyoming. They escaped and headed straight for the open gate, but Ken got in front of them. We got them all caught and trailered up again eventually. Ken also cut some additional Trex railing pieces for me to mark more garden beds.… Continue reading
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Irrigation and Garden Stuff
Ken got the gated pipe across the main orchard today, and we’ve started irrigating. We have roughly 50 honey locust trees in our temporary nursery orchard. We will eventually move them out to where they belong, but we don’t have irrigation where they need to go just yet. Continue reading
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Woolly Beach Balls and a Garden Attempt
We still don’t have any lambs, but as you can see, we do have some very round sheep. This is Desert Weyr Tanwen. She had twins her first year, but only a single last year. I suspect she’s carrying twins again this year due to her size. I have a very black thumb, but I… Continue reading
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Snow and Mud
First, we had snow. Then it melted and we had mud, and now it’s snowing again. It’s also been very cold – much colder than normal. I have no idea how our apple blooms are doing. The buds are still tight, so I hope they weather the cold okay. Continue reading
