{"id":9266,"date":"2022-02-03T20:27:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T01:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=9266"},"modified":"2022-02-03T20:27:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T01:27:33","slug":"were-planning-for-spring-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2022\/02\/03\/were-planning-for-spring-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"We’re planning for spring gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"

But last night, it was -40\u00b0 F! That surprised us, as we’d been expecting (via the weather forecast) temps in the -20s. Boy, did the house ever snap and creak! All houses do that when it gets very cold, but log houses do it even more, as the logs are sort of like living beings. When you’re sound asleep and a log pops like a gunshot, it sure opens your eyes! And just think, yesterday, I was going over the list of tomato varieties I plan on planting this year, first in the house, then moving them to the wonderful greenhouse Will built for me last spring, and finally, into the Sand and Wolf Gardens. I’ve narrowed it down to 119 varieties (and there’s going to be several plants of some of them, to ensure we get enough seeds). That’s a lot of plants, but not as many as we did last year. Every year, we weed out the less-good of the great tomatoes and try new ones. Some make the cut \u2014 others are just used for tomato sauce and no seed is saved. We are <\/em>very picky about our tomatoes!<\/p>\n

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It won’t be too long before I start my little tomato seeds (around the 1st of April here). So, I have to carefully plan on what I’m going to plant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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And soon, the greenhouse will be full of plants. (It’s better to think about that than -40 nights!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We’re tickled that our little deer herd that we’re feeding is doing so well. There are seven “regulars” and nine to ten that come here and there. All are yearlings, fawns, and does (that we can tell). Now that the snow is getting deep, it’s harder and harder for the deer to get feed and get around.<\/p>\n

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Here come our resident deer. You just yell “here deer, here deer” and out of nowhere, here they come.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last week, we saw the tracks of five or six wolves on the driveway. It’s nearing the wolf breeding season, so they’re traveling around more. I do hope Hondo’s barking will keep them away from the immediate area around the buildings. We haven’t had any losses to wolves in 17 years, but we do <\/em>live in their country, after all. You can’t move into a critter’s territory and expect them to just move on off. You’ve got to learn to co-habit the area peacefully. We don’t shoot at wolves we see in the woods and, so far, they haven’t killed livestock for us. Now if people could just get along so well\u2026 — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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