This morning, it was 37 degrees F and even though it was cloudy, it felt like spring. I actually saw a Robin yesterday. We were visiting with our “seed crew,” Mike, Dara, and Sherri, in the living room before getting down to business and packing seeds and suddenly someone (I think Sherri.) spoke up excitedly, saying “There’s a Robin out there!” I looked and sure enough, he was up in a poplar tree in the back yard. Yea, spring!
Then, this afternoon, it all changed. Yep, the temperature is still in mid-thirties, but it’s snowing big flakes and lots and lots of them. Yuck!
I’m scheduled for a colonoscopy tomorrow morning and doing the awful prep today. So, I’m trying to keep busy. Instead of working outside, I’m transplanting more of our peppers. I’m in a hurry as the tomatoes are getting way too tall, despite being in a south-facing big window. They need transplanting and moving to the greenhouse, where the light is stronger. Onward with the peppers. I pull a peat pelleted plant, set in into a 4-inch pot, on top of about an inch of ProMix, then fill the pot with more ProMix, tamping it down with my fingers. The plants are labeled. When a tray is filled, it gets watered well and the guys are carrying them out to the greenhouse, dodging snowflakes.
The peppers out in the greenhouse are looking very good and I’m excited to get all of them out there.
We took a break at noon today and watched the PBS North episode we were on, Making It Up North. It was nice to see the gardens and all the green and colorful after a long season of dull colors and white. (There’s a YouTube Video of it here, if you’d like to see it: https://www.youtube.com/@PBSNorth/videos)
Jackie, just saw the Video, great!
Really glad I got to see you guys for real and the place, just beautiful.
Thanks
I’m so glad you got to visit us via the video. We had fun doing it and also seeing all the gardens in working order instead of buried in snow!
A colon prep keeps one tethered to the throne. Someone had a perverse sense of humor calling it Golyghtly-ugh. Weather here Southern Wi still cold in the am. Spring is slower this year. Little to no field work done-fuel will be expensive as well as fertilizer. No new baby calves yet-they’re due in the next 2 weeks. Good luck on the procedure. I had it done last year and they said no more after that.
Oh God, I just got my colonoscopy yesterday! I worshiped the throne for hours. No fun in that!! I’m happy to report everything is normal up there. (I couldn’t help thinking “What doctor would want to do THAT all day?)
We’re on a warming trend so I hope our first calf holds off for another week or so. We don’t like having calves in cold weather!
I watched the wonderful video!!!
I’m so glad you got to join us! Wasn’t seeing all the green and vegetables nice after such a long winter?
Wow! What a fantastic video and you guys did not disappoint, you are absolutely how I have envisioned you over all the years I have followed this page! I loved the “full circle” statement, so very true! Thanks for being an incredible source of inspirations, positivity and hope!
Thank you Marcy. We enjoyed doing the filming and think Brad did a nice job putting everything together. We try to keep everything on the farm moving in a continual circle. I feel the fewer “dead ends” in life keep everything going as it was meant to. Like when I can, I pick the food from the gardens, prep it, throw the scraps to the chickens. They give us eggs, meat and manure. The eggs and meat fuel us. The manure fuels the garden next to the coop. The garden gives us more food next year. And so on. Thus, it’s fulfilling and also enjoyable.
The video is a delight!! It’s fun to see you and Will in action and to get a glimpse of all you have going on there at your place. Yeah…those huge flakes yesterday were sure annoying! Praying your colonoscopy is uneventful.
Yep, everything was normal up in there. Thank God!! I felt bad for Will, in the video. He didn’t get to say much. Poor guy. I did love the spot where he was walking in the garden and Mittens was following along, as she usually does, overseeing us.
What a great video. Nice to hear what you sound like and see more of your garden.
I’m so glad you liked the video. We had fun watchng it too.
Spotty thunderstorms here in NE bringing much needed rain. Robins have been here awhile and I’ve seen a few vultures. Geese have already moved north, spring is coming! Ranchers out in the fire area (over 950,000 acres burned) are very grateful for all the donations of hay, fencing and other supplies. Country people sure do care for each other!
Jackie good luck with that scope. The ‘cleanout’ day is no fun for sure. I watched the video last night it was a treat to see it, thanks for all you do!
I am watching the fires every day, praying the wind will die and rain come so the firefighters can get them stopped. It’s so tragic!! I am so glad folks are donating truckloads of hay. Yes, we need to take care of each other!!
Got the scope done and everything is fine. I sure got to meditate on the toilet a lot though! Ugh!!
I hope you get more rain soon.
What a great video. I really enjoyed it and sent it to a few people to watch.
I’m glad you enjoyed the video. We did too, as it encouraged us while the gardens are still partly buried in melting snow, remembering what they’ll look like before too long.
Weather is particularly volatile as of late. All you can do is make decisions based on normal patterns of the past. and the weather prognosticators (don’t give me AI “helping”). While it might seem I could be putting out tomatoes et al, I know better.
Can’t wait to watch the video.
There is a less annoying prep – Suprep (if your insurance covers it or you can pay out of pocket – cost wasn’t bad). Better half was told there are pills available. If he has another one, I’ll do the research.
Yep, I did SuTabs. They were better than the old jug of nasty you have to drink. But the second dose I took too quickly and ended up puking an hour later. Not fun! But I cleaned out and went on to an uneventful scope. Whew!! I’m glad that’s done and over with. I had to pay for the pills. My insurance nor Medicare doesn’t pay for it. They were $60
We just watched your u tube video…It was a treat to hear your voices and to see your gardens. Thank you.
See, now you know we’re real people, not AI. Ha ha!! We enjoyed looking at all the crops in full bloom and the veggies so yummy.