The Farm in the Snow

Yes, here in AL we do have snow! One lovely Sunday morning, Joe and I woke up to find the farm blanketed in white. Alas, it did not last long but here are some pics of the farm in the snow.
(Ok, so it was only 2 inches for about 10 hours but, heh, exciting nonetheless.)

Salvador loves his little house that Joe built.

"What is this crazy white stuff?," Fancy asks.

Even parts of the creek and pond were frozen over.

Joe does love Biddy afterall.

The chickens experience their first snow.

Laying in the snow!!

The garlic- no harm done.

Well, the start of another season is well upon us. We've spent the last several weeks starting seeds & preparing the soil for planting, among many other things. Yay!

When the inlaws visit, crazy things happen

Currie, Farmer For A Day. Someone should really do something about our dog thing.

spotted: scooter, the possum. welcome.

the farm in fall...

A proud moment...

October 12th, picking 1 lb. "Brandywine" heirloom tomatoes. Most of the time, I feel like a second rate grower because it is a part time thing. And then, when I harvest beautiful tomatoes in mid Oct., I am so PROUD!!!

undeserving

Really, I do not deserve to see these lovely, wispy strands of asparagus fern in the photo. I planted it in the spring, mulched 1/8 of it, never watered it, and let the weeds take over. Great strategy, huh? By the time things slowed down enough to look at it, I couldn't see any growth for all of the crab grass that was seeding. Still, I thought it was worth a shot. I weeded, carting 3 or 4 wheel barrow loads of pulled grass out of the bed. I put down Sustane, composted turkey litter, ( the best wedding gift that we received, THANK YOU to Jean and Carol) to fertilize it. I mulched and watered.

New growth is still appearing and quickly growing these fronds. Don't give up is not the lesson to learn here. Don't let things get to this point is the moral of this story.