Gorgeous day in Clay New York

 A splendid day for being outside. Spent most of the day weeding the garden. After the nice rain we had evert plant had its thirst taken care of by mother nature. Better than the water I can give it. Marigolds planted around the flag pole to give the front yard some color. We need color as we have six months of a cold white landscape here north of the thruway.The pictures you will see show how quickly the garden is growing. Will be picking summer squash next week. Thats early for me. garden doing well except for the resident rodents who kill a few plants now and then. Have the holes blocked off but some do climb the fence. Might just have to go electric next year. I do need to run a power and water line out there anyway.

  The firewood logs have finally been cut and split. Lots of great wood to burn this year. Just have to take a few hours and stack it on the pallets. Will be looking for some more logs this fall. Cutting them will be a winter's job.

View of the garden from the road showing beans.

Onions three types of sweet ones.

Tomatoes a variety for me and Jenny also has many types of heirloom. Sara has some plant doing well with the seeds direct from Italy. She brought them home from her last trip.

The final split of the wood. Just need to stack it up now.

Corn 1st and 2nd plantings. Cucumbers to the right growing on crop netting.

 More of the tomatoes. Almost a 100 feet of them with spacing for ease of picking. 

Garden Taking Hold

  Garden has been planted completely now with the 2nd crop of corn and pumpkins. Had a nice rain the other night and made every plant look healthy. The blueberry bushes have gone in. I had to build protective cages around them though. Way too much wildlife here at night. Yes they were here first, I'm just a guest as far as they're concerned.

  The clearing out back has made a big improvement this week with five loads being trailered out of here. Thanks to my friend Wayne for the use of his trailer. Could probably do two loads a day but just not up to it. Need some young blood.

  Firewood was also cut and split and stacked. Have about a good week of work on that project.

  A few pictures to explain. After all a picture is worth a thousands words.

 

Blueberry cages until they get some size to them

 As you can see everything has taken hold quite nicely. Cucumbers and tomatoes are starting to flower. And the last picture is a load of to the recycle center. The little truck  ( tuna can ) is getting a work out this summer.

Planting Time

The garden is being planted over the week and into the weekend. A week early this year. so far we had a nice gentle soaking rain which saved me from watering. Hopefully the tomatoes and the last of the potatoes will go in. Looks like I need to make a extra row to accommodate a few leftover  favorites. I have extra plants if anyone has an interest.

Greenhouse producing some nice plants

The greenhouse is doing its job. Many tomatoes and peppers and some flowers. Had a chance to get my onions in early this year. Set the table and chairs up so cold drinks seem to always seem to slow me down. Have to sit and chat with the girls all the time. Onions arrived yesterday and was able to get them in the ground.

 

Garden season has started

  Started the season out making some raised beds . See how far I go with that. Quite time consuming hauling compost in the S-10. The green house has been opened for the year and its being filled fast. Been transplanting from 200 cell trays into six packs. Quite a variety of tomato and pepper plants. Waiting to see how the WHITE BEAUTY tomato turns out. Below find a few pictures to see what has been going on. As I plant I'll show you the progress.

March at Morgan

   Its been a long winter and cold to boot. Now that spring has come we are still seeing snow and feeling the cold chill our bones. The snow still covers the landscape but looks like it disappears a little each day. We'll hit the 50's this week, but we need some sun to go along with the higher temperature. Have a few indoor projects to finish then hopefully out to enjoy the yard. Pups just as soon be out there also.

 There is about 6 inches of snow covering the garden which has a nice bed of leaves.

Even Rylee is tired of walking in the deep snow. But just the same she waits till I put the leash on and off we go. She has one of the best noses around. A true hunter she is.                                   

                                                                                            

Life in the woods is quiet when we go through. Lots of tracks,mostly squirrels a few deer and a fox once in awhile.

Rosie just wants out all the time. No matter what the weather is she is always at the door telling us to open it. If you tone her out she sits in front of you and stares you down as she is doing while I type. Every day I secretly thank Margaret for bringing them into our home.

Not too much going on with Kate. She is starting to show her age just like me. She is still up for a good walk and love to show her baritone bark with the neighbor's dog is out. She has been here 1st.

 The wood are quiet and just awaiting for the work to go on. As soon as I can drive in the backyard, Stanley will be pulling out the logs. Going to need some young help on this project. Any volunteers? 

 Everything awaits a new birth . Seeds have been planted and the pepper are about 3 inches tall already. I have a few flowers that germinated also and need to get them in the greenhouse. Tomatoes were started yesterday, about 13 different varieties thanks to Jenny, Sara and friends from the forum. Always glad to see extra seeds in the mail. Hopefully next month I'll have some greenhouse pictures along with the rows drawn out in the garden. Onions from Dixondale should arrive soon along with the blueberry bushes from Start Brothers. Compost season opens next week along with the trout fishing season. Can spring really be here after this long drawn out winter? I hope so. As they say in the old country        DO VIANJA

Cold and Snowy February

Its been a long winter so far and its still only February. Snow all the time and more on its way. Will it  ever end? Banks are piling up all over. It seems it hasn't been this cold and snowed so much as it has this season. In another month I'll be starting my seedlings hopefully. If you look at the following pictures you might question my sanity. I figure through the miracle of time warm weather is on its way.
Rylee hopes the good weather comes soon also.