{"id":6716,"date":"2018-05-29T14:53:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T18:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=6716"},"modified":"2018-05-29T14:54:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T18:54:18","slug":"due-to-our-crazy-summer-weather-were-in-full-planting-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2018\/05\/29\/due-to-our-crazy-summer-weather-were-in-full-planting-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Due to our crazy summer weather, we’re in full planting mode"},"content":{"rendered":"

The weather is usually a lot cooler this time of the year with frosts at night. But this year we went right into summer and have been having temperatures in the 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s, which is very unusual for us in northern Minnesota. So we sucked it up and prayed we wouldn\u2019t get a freezing \u201csurprise\u201d and started planting in earnest.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, our friends, Mike and Dara, came over with the plan of helping us out, and boy, did they ever! Mike went right down to the new \u201crock garden\u201d where Will was busily hauling out the last of this year\u2019s crop of rocks while Dara helped me plant out the last of the tomato varieties \u2026 and there were a LOT! After we got that done, we also planted several rows of pole beans.<\/p>\n

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We think the new rock garden looks great; now for manure and final tilling!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We all stopped after noon for a break. I fired up the grill and threw on several beautiful rib steaks from the Angus steer we\u2019d had butchered last winter. I\u2019d been saving them for a special occasion. Boy, were they ever good! We all enjoyed the meal and had a nice rest.<\/p>\n

Afterward, Mike and Will went back to work in the rock garden, finishing up the fencing around the whole thing while Dara and I finished up the planting for the day. By four, we were all pooped, especially because it was so HOT. But we had done what we\u2019d set out to do and were pleased. It\u2019s so wonderful to have such good homesteading friends who show up \u2014 unasked \u2014 and help out so much.<\/p>\n

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We fenced the front of the new garden with a chainlink kennel so we can get tractors and equipment in easier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our baby goats are SO cute! Yesterday, the buckling was playing in the plastic sled I use to feed their grain in. He would run up, jump in and slide the whole length on his belly. Over and over, he did it until I was laughing so hard I about peed my pants!<\/p>\n

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The baby goats are so cute!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

— Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The weather is usually a lot cooler this time of the year with frosts at night. But this year we went right into summer and have been having temperatures in the 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s, which is very unusual for us in northern Minnesota. So we sucked it up and prayed we wouldn\u2019t get a freezing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,9,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6716"}],"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=6716"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6722,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6716\/revisions\/6722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}