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Spring at our Casa

01:58, Thursday, March 22, 2007 .. Posted in Growing Things .. 3 comments .. Link

The sun has been shining and I am so glad Spring is here!

I weeded one of my raised beds last Sunday, I left some Baby's Breath that was growing at one end. I got a little freaked out by all the creepy crawlies, but I hung in there!

My other raised bed still has carrots growing, but the kids have been working on those. It also has flowering broccoli which never did grow right, I never got broccoli heads, just a few scraggly looking things. I also have GIANT mustard greens going to seed, I need to pull all that out.

I need to plant my peas and soon I will be able to plant my other seeds: melon, pumpkin, peppers, tomato, zucchini, cucumbers, pole beans, lettuce (which I can plant now I guess), basil, chives and cilantro.

A friend is brining me some raspberries plant she thinned from her yard today, I'm excited about that!

The plum, pear and peach trees are in bloom. The cherry is just budding, but nothing from the apples yet. The trees are so beautiful when they are covered with white and pink blossoms.

My herbs did well outside over the winter, even with a hard freeze we had. I have mint, sage and rosemary.

My ornamental Mexican sage turned all brown, but my husband said that's normal and it will come back, but I don't remember that happening last year! I also had to cut back some other plants that turned black from the cold. I have a mallow and a bush sweet pea that bloomed all through the winter!

The hummingbirds are coming less, finding yummy flowers I suppose. For awhile I had to re-fill the feeder every few days! In case you don't know you can make your own nectar, it is four parts water to one part sugar. I just heat is on the stove until the sugar dissolves. You do not need to color the water. The red die in the store bought brands isn't good for them anyway.

I have been letting my chickens roam free everyday, they sure love it! They look a lot happier and healthier. I am starting to get eggs again too! YAY! We didn't have any over the winter, maybe one or two a week. Now they are getting back to normal, I get about 5 a day now.

So, that is what is going on here on our 2 acres.

I wish you all well and happy growing!

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