Accidental Homesteader

Not the bees… us. Although I’m sure they, too, are busy.

We caulked the back door. Made terrible jokes.

The Husband worked on the fence while I worked on the asparagus plot.

Of course we have surveying tools.

I tidied up the front landscaping and prepped the farm stand for the weekend.

Then came the seeding.

I started so many seeds!

Green is rollover seeds from prior years. After a couple of years I combine them all and sometimes they are just various.

• 1 Cherokee Purple
• 3 Striped German
• 2 Brandywine
• 1 Amish paste
• 9 Brussel Sprouts
• 13 various Broccoli
• 12 Waltham Broccoli
• 25 Marketmore Cucumbers
• 25 Chicago Pickling Cucumbers
• 4 various Eggplant
• 11 various Pickling Cucumbers
• 8 Aswad Eggplant
• 8 Dr. Wyche Yellow Tomatillos
• 8 Verde Tomatillos
• 8 Dr Wyche Yellow Tomatoes
• 8 Yellow Pear Tomatoes
• 25 Black Cherry Tomatoes
• 25 Poblanos
• 25 Empties (probably jalapeños-soon).

Sheet pans are so useful. My setup is a grow light on cowpots in sheet pans (6 for $11 at the chicken auction, go me!) on warmers. That way you can just pour water in the pans and see when it is all soaked up.

Yes, that is the incubator-waiting just under one month on that.

I cleaned and organized some of the rest of the mud room. It’s a lovely size. We have one wall of shelving, a freezer, a work table, and a desk. I’ll move my candle and other wax craft stuff in there tomorrow and start some seeds outdoors.

Im betting that we have one or two freezes left, but I can cover if need be. Which probably means we will have a prolonged winter and snow in May.