Accidental Homesteader
…a funny thing happened on the way to the bar
Busy Little Bees
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.
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