Posted on 02/24/2024 6:13:55 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
.......thx for the pic.......close to keto.....not much flour.....
Cameras are in future plans.
We have a front entrance, but there is no parking or sidewalk to front door. The driveway runs along the property line & then turns to go to around the back of the house. Several times, people have ended up at the back door & we had no idea anyone had come up the driveway. So the ‘alarm’ goes off shortly after someone turns into & starts up the driveway. It’s far enough away from the road that it doesn’t pick up road traffic.
If a vehicle doesn’t turn behind the house, it would go straight back to the barn & pole shed; however, we haven’t moved anything to the barn or shed yet, so nothing to steal.
The driveway entrance looks like it might lend itself to an automatic gate, another idea I will investigate in my “spare” time.
Note........ its a no-cook custard.
True. Thanks for pointing that out.
Thanks Pete. It’s going to be a few days to get back to fighting shape but we’re on the mend slowly I think.
I’m not sure what’s going to make it into the garden this time. My garden soil is still all dug up and piled in the field. I need to move the last of it from the front garden, finish leveling the site, lay out where the raised beds are going, and get those built and filled before anything can be planted there.
After having the whole winter to stare at things and ruminate on options I’ve modified my plans a bit - I’m going to make a new space (~5600 sq/ft) for things that are big and unruly - squash, pumpkins, sweet corn, okra, etc. That stuff is going to get its own big garden out behind the barn where it won’t be such an eyesore in the front yard. I need to purchase ten cattle panels and a 12’ pipe gate so that area can be fenced off from the horses. I’m also giving serious consideration to moving the chicken coop out there so I can set them up with more outdoor space to scratch and dig and do chicken things.
If everything goes well I should at least have tomatoes/cukes/sweet corn/squash in the new back garden. The new raised bed garden in front might not get any plantings until fall. We’ll see...
Yeah it’s been weird weather. We have been debating whether or not to take the plow off the atv. I use a heating pad here in west Michigan for the pepper seeds.
Do I hear Mrs. Augie letting you know that she wants the front lawn for family picnics?
I wish I had more room. I would buy a few cattle panels and arch them and use them to grow stuff like squash and tomatoes and cucumbers!
Cattle panel trellis: How to build a DIY vegetable garden arch
Oh well, going out to do lawn and yard stuff.
“cattle panels”
great idea.... deffenantly on my list to try this year.
Just came in from fixing (fingers crossed) the starter on my old ford 600 , ready to put on the 5ft tiller....
It’s been a warm winter here in Georgia ... so I think i’ll start turning up some dirt.
I’ve been feeding deer all winter ... I’m not sure how I’ll handle that ... tall fence maybe?
I think it will be very important soon, to have a good garden.
I have extra ‘no trespassing’ signs at the old house, just need to get them up here. The old house is definitely posted at both entrances & along the road frontage & this place will be posted as well next time I bring a load.
The small pieces of slate (messy!) will be replaced with some huge slabs I have at the old house - they will make a small 'patio' & nice exit area from the shop. The shop is where my garden tools & supplies will be stored. There is also a VERY convenient half bath in the shop, plus a large double commercial sink for cleaning things up (with hot water!).
Question: I have some rose slips that have been rooting for 5 months. While there is still snow on the ground, it has warmed up here a LOT. The cuttings have been in an unheated sun room, occasionally subject to sub-freezing temperatures over the winter. While we are still getting frosts regularly, and will be until mid-April, I am curious if it would be safe to plant them in their permanent home yet.
The soil is still very cool, frozen in places, hence my question.
A mud room and vegetable washing station! (And the view...envious!!) Looks like your neighbor has a high tunnel.
(Now, off to garden!)
Actually, that is a huge, covered cattle ‘finishing barn’. Inside are multiple pens. I haven’t talked to them yet, but I suspect they bring cattle in off pasture, feed them up with grain, then ship them off to “the spa”. We call it the ‘cow palace’. They keep the place very clean/orderly so we hope it’s not an issue when the weather warms up - the way the wind blows, it won’t be blowing from the palace towards our place. I am optimistically considering it a potential source of cow compost. One other thing I noticed - the deer come by & clean up hay & grain scraps. Occasionally we hear ‘moos’ around dinner time, but after having grandparents (both sets) who had farms & cows (one had a dairy), cow sounds are like being back at the grandparents’ farms.
Resist! Check your Zone and it will tell you when it’s safe to add roses, etc.
Those roots are going to need WARMTH to make a good, solid root system for your roses. I wouldn’t risk it.
I’m in Zone 5a and I never add roses (bare root) until well into mid-May when my chances of frost/freeze have passed.
https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/
Finally, a nice weekend.
Raked and burned some leaves up around the house. Got a ton more Spring burning to do so the goats can have more food.
The other doe had one baby which puts me at 8 goats. I think it’s time to harvest last year’s buckling.
Pulled the trailer up and loaded some pallets on it. I need to make a dump run(12 years worth of non burnable trash), but it’s a flat car trailer so I’m going to cut some pallets in half, several of which have the double center 2x4s, and make temporary sides 2 foot tall. This Spring cleaning is going to be major.
Got some seedling mix moistened up. Going to get a bunch of cold weather greens/choy/tatsoi/lettuce sowed tonight.
There’s a place on my way home from work that has top soil for sale. I’ve watched it over the past year and never seen anything nasty pop up from the pile like thistle. A load of that plus a load of compost ought to be enough to do raised beds in the little front yard garden. Along with a sprinkling and watering in of a bit of lime. Aside from peas and peppers around the edges, I’m doing all short plants in this garden.
I’ll take some measurements tomorrow and see what I can fit for beds. I know I can do three and maybe four. Got a line on some free old rough sawn oak for sides. I can build them on top of some poultry netting or hardware cloth to keep the moles from coming up underneath.
Tomatoes and beans etc can go out there in or by the tunnel. Taters too. That reminds me. I never did dig my potatoes up from last year. They were volunteers. Might have to poke around tomorrow and see what I find.
‘Mud Pie’ is totally appropriate as we ‘slide’ into Spring! :)
Thanks, Pete!
Gorgeous! I go to ‘Mom’ for all of my orchid questions.
I currently have a ‘Phal’ that is going to bloom for me a second time! That’s a ‘first’ for me as far as orchids go. Excited! :)
“Maybe I’ll break out my capris instead of jeans down to my shoes.”
I live in Capris and Tank Tops all Summer. Going to hit the closet in the coming week to see what I need to re-stock as far as ‘work clothes’ for the season.
Who am I kidding? ALL of my clothes are ‘work clothes’ on a farm, LOL!
I DO keep a few nice outfits for Church, Weddings and Funerals, though. ;)
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