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Published On: Apr 13, 2008 05:56 PM
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Published On: Apr 13, 2008 05:56 PM
Spring is here!
I spent some time weeding and putting in a few
rows of french breakfast radishes and more scallions underneath threatening
skies today... the beets, peas, carrots, and greens are all up and growing, as
this constant rain has been great for germination, if not for getting more
actually planted. We were able to make one last egg delivery to the Bent Spoon,
and now the egg fridges are filling up in preparation for our first market day.
We have lots more planting to do, as well as tracking down a new tent, and
getting our paperwork back to the market committee.
I think it will be a good year! This time last year, half our seeds had washed away in the flooding we had, and most of our potatoes were rotting in the ground from all the standing water. We didn't plant potatoes yet this year, but there's still time - priority has been going to crops that will be ready by the middle of May. Warm weather crops will go into the beds as the earliest crops are pulled, and we'll probably plant our potatoes then. I noticed a bunch of garlic we must not have harvested growing up out of the cloves that were left in the ground...I wonder if we'll get some garlic bulbs out of the deal? All of them may just set seed, but it's worth leaving them there to see what happens. Even Lucretia is getting bigger by the day, so she may have gotten pregnant this year after all - we were pretty sure Guy didn't hit puberty in time this season... Baby goats after all! We're actually hoping for one buckling, which we'll castrate and keep as Guy's buddy. That way he can move to a new, separate pasture and we can start milking Lu for our own use. (In our experience, milk from a doe who is anywhere near a buck is .... ewwww.... - it gives goat milk a bad nam.e!) I'll miss having him right by the driveway though - he's certainly always happy to see us!
I've beens sewing, as usual. I just finished an all linen baby quilt in a modern geometric design, and these are two of my latest swaps...
The best thing about this whole swap-bot thing is the way it makes me try new techniques - for this pincushion swap I used some printable fabric that I usually use for quilt labels and used my sewing machine to do some decorative stitching in combination with a note-card to create a needle-book.
I think it will be a good year! This time last year, half our seeds had washed away in the flooding we had, and most of our potatoes were rotting in the ground from all the standing water. We didn't plant potatoes yet this year, but there's still time - priority has been going to crops that will be ready by the middle of May. Warm weather crops will go into the beds as the earliest crops are pulled, and we'll probably plant our potatoes then. I noticed a bunch of garlic we must not have harvested growing up out of the cloves that were left in the ground...I wonder if we'll get some garlic bulbs out of the deal? All of them may just set seed, but it's worth leaving them there to see what happens. Even Lucretia is getting bigger by the day, so she may have gotten pregnant this year after all - we were pretty sure Guy didn't hit puberty in time this season... Baby goats after all! We're actually hoping for one buckling, which we'll castrate and keep as Guy's buddy. That way he can move to a new, separate pasture and we can start milking Lu for our own use. (In our experience, milk from a doe who is anywhere near a buck is .... ewwww.... - it gives goat milk a bad nam.e!) I'll miss having him right by the driveway though - he's certainly always happy to see us!
I've beens sewing, as usual. I just finished an all linen baby quilt in a modern geometric design, and these are two of my latest swaps...
The best thing about this whole swap-bot thing is the way it makes me try new techniques - for this pincushion swap I used some printable fabric that I usually use for quilt labels and used my sewing machine to do some decorative stitching in combination with a note-card to create a needle-book.
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Posted: Sun - April 13, 2008 at 05:56 PM