Garden Update

The garden has been moving along since the last update I posted here. While there has been a lack of rain I have been hand watering from my water well. I think there has been no rain for last three weeks, and I think that has hurt somewhat and would have been castastrphic if I had not been watering every day. It seems winter has gone right into summer, ie I have had temps in the 90s for days now including back in April where I has little rain. I guess my hope is some May rains that will soak the ground. I will soon find out, but I am not optimistic. I uploaded some photos of my garden today...

The garden at the end of April 

Zucchini 

Yellow Summer Squash 

Some tomatoes ripening 

Some of the peppers 

Purple bell pepper

New Garden Photos

The garden is growing and everything is up out of the ground. Tomatos and peppers are flowering. Greens are getting big and carrots, lettuce, squash and zuchinni are all doing well....

Looking at the garden 

Tomatoes all in a roll 

Several peppers  

Zuchinni 

Squash from a roll of them

Spring Garden Update

Have now put my tomato plants in the ground, looks like it will be a warm March like February was, Temp last night got down to 34, but that should be the last cold spell like this, weather trends now are looking warmer in the future according to the NOAA site. Also planted back in February carrots, lettuce and greens and they are all coming up now. Looking forward to spring!

Fossils

I like to take walks on my property and explore my environment, I am the curious sort and like to study the area I live. Today I collected some fossils including that of shells that suggest my whole area must have been under water once upon a time, now that is an interesting thought considering I live on a hill but on top a geologists dream of rock...

Garden Update

It is a summer like day today with temp in the 80s, I have been out turning the soil in the garden to get it ready...still growing some lettuce which I will pick soon.. Time to get the tiller out and turn the soil..

More Deer

They are out every day on the property, I give them corn everyday. I caught these crossing my dirt road one morning while I was going out... Then later they were back for some corn in the bucket...

Garden Update

Lettuce is looking good dsespite the cold weather, will be able to pull these plants before I start the spring garden...I will start tilling the ground middle next month...

The Hens

I feed the chickens I have everyday but the one thing they always gobble down in record speed is greens and maybe mealy and earth worms. They will crowd around the greens dish and fight over the greens. I also put what I call a cabbage on a stick out in the pen as something they can peck at whenever they like. Always fun watching them and of course collecting the eggs...

Coldest Air in Years

Air from the north pole has made it down as far south as central Texas where I am with winds at 20 to 30 mph and wind chills in the teens, and that is where I am. It is far worse in the states farther north than me. This morning I had to break up the ice every 2 hours in the chicken drinking bucket so they could get water. I think the fresh greens and feed I put out for them has frozen now at mid day and don't think the temp will get above freezing today or tomorrow. So have taken out fresh greens and seed to them, looks like a long day inside.

 Wind Chills

Temperatures Midday

Best Eggs Around

I was cracking some of the blue eggs from one of my hens and checking out the rich color of the yokes and the egg whites. Time to have some eggs and toast ...