Signs of life

Slowly but surely spring is making it's way known around here. The insane wind and spring showers have outnumbered the clear, calm days but that hasn't stopped nature from awakening.

We spent several days this week just securing things down from the often 60+ mile an hour gusts of wind.  On Wednesday it attempted to uproot the 96 foot high tunnel, which was housing onions, broccoli, lettuce, spinach, kohlrabi, and peas. Luckily, with the help of a tractor and massive amounts of muscle power we were able to get it back into the ground and secured so that it didn't take off like a huge kite.

We have also been doing more planting and transplanting...and watching little sprouts emerge from the soil. It is a pretty cool feeling to see all of these little green plants come to life from where you buried their seeds just a short time ago. It's amazing how seeing these little blossoms and sprouts can awaken your own soul...

Unfortunately amid all of these new lives springing up we lost a little black hen. Yesterday we made a little pen in the greenhouse for the turkeys since they are getting to big for the tub (and the coop hasn't been finished yet)...plus they kept flying out of the tub and eating onions in the greenhouse- silly turkeys!

They look like little prisoners, but soon enough will have free range and all the grasshoppers they can eat!!





We've also been planting trees outside; apple, wild plum, cottonwood, aspen, and cherry. Soon we'll finish planting veggies in the tunnels and begin planting outside when the threat of frost ends. There will be strawberries, melons, rhubarb, corn, cucumber, more tomatoes, peppers, and much more!!