Memorial weekend was gorgeous and we were lucky to have friends come spend some time with us on the farm. It has been sunny with highs in the upper 80′s. As with everything this year, many of our perennial flowers are blooming early. I wanted to document these blooms so I can come back to this page next year and see how it compares.
Friends in the garden:
As I said yesterday, our vegetable garden is about half way planted out. The herb spiral is planted, as are the potatoes, garlic, onion sets, lettuce, strawberries, corn, tomatoes, pepper, swiss chard, kale, cabbage, radish, celery, brussel sprouts, jerusalem artichokes, and sugar snap peas. We still need to plant our beans and gourds.
This is an asparagus crown we planted a few weeks ago. We won’t be able to eat any for a few years.
The rhubarb is doing great. It made a delicious strawberry rhubarb pie and there is still more to pick. I just planted two more rhubarb plants so we will always have enough for many pies.
This is swiss chard that over wintered. Right next to it is more swiss chard that we started from seed this spring.
Luke prepping the squash beds:
Adam digging out big rocks:
In the flower garden the peonies and iris have started to bloom.
This past weekend was the first annual Snow Moon Blogger’s Retreat hosted by Sweetlocal Farm! Tiffany from Heist Jewelry, Sarah from Mystic Valley Musings and I took a break from bloggin and enjoyed life on the farm. We made homemade pizza, gluten free to boot, sampled home brewed beer, got cozy in front of the fire and hit up the Tractor Supply Store for some new country duds.
Sarah, Tiffany, and Karen
Feeding the animals:
Chillin in the barn:
Tiffany having a moment:
We bought rubber boots, gardening gloves, and cowgirl shirts here:
We had a very peaceful weekend!
