Weekend of 2/26-27

The New Farm Truck

A Little Muddy This Weekend

A Farmer and His Dog

Strawberry Plant peeking out of the mulch

It rained during the week which helped the strawberries settle in after we planted them last week.  We finished up the strawberry patch this weekend by planting 100 more to bring a grand total of 500 plants.  This may have to be a 'pick your own' field... or I know a couple of teenage boys who will have to pick some berries this spring. 

We worked on the water pump at the pond and got it hooked back up.  We have a hose running from the pump in the pond to the hoop house so we can water the herbs and lettuce that we planted last week. 

The wheat Cris planted last week has already sprouted and the onions look good.  We aren't so sure about the potatoes but they take a little more time. 

Cris ordered worms which should arrive this week.  He's created a 'home' for them in a plastic tub that is filled with shredded newspaper that has been watered down.  We will be raising worms for vermacompost.  Basically, the worms eat the shredded newspaper and any food scraps we feed them and what comes out of the worm is vermacompost.... which is super rich in nutrients for the soil.  A little worm poo goes a long way they say and people pay good money for bags of this stuff.

Cris spent the night on the farm Saturday while I went home to tend to the city home and the never ending chores there.  He spent Sunday cleaning up the barn while the dogs hunted for the one mouse that has alluded us in the barn.  He has avoided the glue pads and even was able to eat the cracker off the mouse trap without it snapping his neck.  Teddy on the other hand, got his paw stuck in one of the glue traps.  I could not stop laughing... he looked so pathetic. 

Cris also cleared some more trees around the pond and worked on the spillway to make it so we don't lose any fish to the spillway. It was too wet to do any planting so the carrots will wait till next week.

We traded in my mom's 2000 Chevy Venture and bought a 2004 Chevy truck.  It is a nice big truck but gas mileage is not so great.  My commute to work is only 1/4 mile so I will drive it during the week back and forth to work (if I can pry it out of Alex's hands!... he loves the truck).