{"id":11618,"date":"2026-06-02T17:12:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=11618"},"modified":"2026-06-02T17:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:12:19","slug":"its-planting-planting-planting-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2026\/06\/02\/its-planting-planting-planting-time\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s planting, planting, planting time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here in northern Minnesota, the growing season is short, and we only have a small window of time in which to get all of our crops planted in the 5 acres of garden we use for our seed business. Yes, we’re turning Seed Treasures<\/a> over to our friends, Lynn and Jesse, in August. But we want to ensure they have plenty of all varieties of seed as this is their first year doing the business. And, like everything else, there’s a huge learning curve. We want the business to thrive as it goes forward.<\/p>\n

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No, our beans aren’t this far along but I wanted to show you how we trellis the pole beans on cattle panels and T-posts with bush beans in between, to prevent crossing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ve got most of the beans planted now and quite a bit of the corn. Lately, I’ve been setting out melon, squash, and pumpkin plants. But boy, has it been hot and dry! Not the best planting conditions, for sure, especially for me, who hates the heat. On Saturday, we took a break and drove down to Moose Lake to see our grandson, Mason, graduate with high honors from high school. It was a beautiful day and not hot. I will admit that sitting for two hours on hard bleacher seats really got my back and knees singing an unpleasant song, not to mention my poor butt! Oh well, it was sure worth it. How exciting. Afterward, we went to a local restaurant to have a nice lunch and visit. We enjoyed the day but were sure pooped when we came home.<\/p>\n

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We are sure proud of grandson, Mason, as he graduated with honors on Saturday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Will saw the first baby fawn yesterday, barely able to walk. I haven’t seen one yet, but I keep looking. This afternoon, we had another calf born. A heifer this time. She’s already bouncing, drinking milk, and trying to run. They are so cute! Five more to go this year.<\/p>\n

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This is a photo of the North Garden from last year so you can see how huge it is. But to get it planted, it needs tilling.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When I get off the computer, I’m headed out to till the North Garden for the last time so I can start planting pumpkins, squash, and corn from seed. Boy, those gardens sure look huge when you just start to till! We’re praying hard for rain, but nothing is in the forecast for the next couple of days. But I noticed some of the first planted beans are starting to come up. How exciting! — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here in northern Minnesota, the growing season is short, and we only have a small window of time in which to get all of our crops planted in the 5 acres of garden we use for our seed business. Yes, we’re turning Seed Treasures over to our friends, Lynn and Jesse, in August. But we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,24,9,12,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11618"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11618"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11623,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11618\/revisions\/11623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}