April Showers Bring... May Showers.

Hello once again from the vegetable patch!

It has been a while (as per my usual lazy blog schedule) but here I am again to finally post fresh pics and news on what we've been doing.

It has been a very rainy Spring, which is great on one hand, but tough for farming on the other...  the upside is that the lake is almost full again, the downside is that most things got into the ground a little later than they should have.

We've had a couple of awesome family gatherings / birthday celebrations in the past few months- it is always so fun to be together, enjoy the outdoors, and EAT EAT EAT!

Family is obviously one of the best parts of the farm-  it is so fun to be together.  The gang does all sorts of different things when there, garden related and not!  (Hitting golf balls and flying kites are new and welcome practices in the field outside the garden fence.)

SO... the good thing about taking so long to post is that I can show before and after shots!!

PEAS

Dad planted sugar snap peas in a seed tray-  here you can see them heading into the garden, Shelly, Emma and I planting them on a trellis, and...  the final product-  delicious sweeeet peas!

POTATOES

Who knew digging potatoes could be so fun.  It is like an Easter Egg hunt under the ground! Here you can see the healthy green plants (each came up from one quarter of a seed potato), dad digging in the ground, the buried "treasure", and a pile of taters, about 20 from one plant!

TOMATOES

Again, a great before and after...  little tomato plants started from seeds-  look at 'em now!!

PEPPERS, ONIONS, CUCUMBERS, ZUCCHINI, ACORN SQUASH, CORN, ETC...

Here are more transformations-  first the trays of various seedlings and then examples of their progress-  it is going to be a yummmy summer!!

ALL THE LITTLE "BABIES"

ACORN SQUASH / ZUCCHINI

SWEET POTATOES / FIRST PEEP OF CORNSTALKS (DAD PLANTED TONS OF THEM!!)

ONIONS / JALAPENO PEPPERS

CULTIVATING THE GROUND / TRACTOR RIDE!

NEW SEAT AND STEERING WHEEL FOR THE TRACTOR!!

All for now...  I promise to be better about posting-  really!!