Amen to the weather & history lesson.
I put the hiller/furrower back on the tiller, and tilled up 5 20' furrows. Next, I added fertilizer, then went back over the furrows to deepen them, and to till in the fertilizer. Final step (following a folk tradition for Good Friday) was planting 50 German Butterball, and 12 Russet Burbank potato sets. I was thoroughly not helped by D.Metrea: head bonkings; stroppings; hand flippings with her head to be scratched; and furrow-floppings. Earlier, she caught & ate an extremely fat vole; maybe it was pregnant; one can hope.
In the garden, volunteer spinach and/or Toy-Choy is coming up, and more garlic is pushing up: 3 out of four German hardnecks, and a few each of both the stuff from the local organic store hardneck, and Christopher Ranch's California softneck. We love the organic; it is much larger than the California, and has both a stronger "garlic" flavor and pungency, which we prefer to the anemic tasting California White.
I do believe Spring finally is here; snow & icicles Wednesday morning, followed by freezing fog; gloomy & windy yesterday. All of our snow & ice is finally melted, and I can get the studded tires off the truck before the May 1st deadline. The picture is today's weather, and capsule forecast. 
Not sure if I mentioned that last Friday we bought 18 chicks: 12 white Cornish-cross broilers, and 6 black Jersey Giants. Today, one of the whites had died of unknown causes. It happens. Both birds will ultimately achieve the same final weight, and were both shipped from the hatchery last Wednesday; they were the same size when we brought them home, but...
The American Chincilla bunnies were born March 25th, so are just over 3 weeks old.
