Catching Up

A Friday farmhand harvest.


Allen getting friendly with a go-devil at Wise Creek.


OUCH!!!


Logan relaxing in the river.


Jared and his pal Jr. Jared sleeping in.


A bee catching some Z's on a bee balm.


Spring is busy. I've hatched a few chicks- close to 30 and planted a good many plants. I've also had some great Friday Farmhand days. We have harvested pak choy- one of my new faves, it is a Chinese cabbage and much easier to grow than head cabbages. Sauteed with a few onions and it is very tasty. We also picked sugar snap peas, lettuce, broccoli, cilantro, green onions and radishes around the 1st of May. This week we will harvest the last of the peas, do some weeding and finally some long awaited planting. We are still waiting on potatoes,carrots, cabbages and brussel sprouts to mature from our early spring planting. Mid-May I planted several different varieties of tomato and pepper plants, some basil, red okra, Cajun okra and lots of zinnias. I also planted sudangrass in a newly cleared area. The sudangrass will act as a green manure and improve the fertility of the soil. I hope to use this new bed next spring.

All that work is no good without some fun days so last Saturday we went to Wise Creek on the Ogmulgee River. This is such a wonderful place, the boys always have a blast shooting down the river and playing in the sand. Logan snorkels with Allen and his Uncle Stan looking for Native American artifacts, Evan and Jared like to float in the current and sometimes I get to just be and sit and think and relax, it's always a good trip- even the 8 miles of dirt roads to get there are so worth it.