The Cole Homestead

Been planting and I am sore!

I have just barely started planting and I am already sore.  I must be getting out of shape.  Or maybe into a very bad shape.  My husband and I  planted only half of our potatoes last night ( about 70 pounds) and I continued to plant 300 strawberry plants, 10 dewberry plants, 14 Rhubarb plants, and 24 asparagus while the hubby took the kids for a tractor ride. 

Our little boy is only 2 but already enjoys the tractor.  He is so content just to sit on daddies knee and put put around the yard.  The only time he throws a fit is when it is time to get off.  Our little girl is a different story.  She has never licked the tractors.  She would always hide behind my skirt and cover her ears.  Well, this time she saw brother go for a ride and she thought "Hmmm, I wanna do that"  so she had her first trip on the tractor.  She seemed to really enjoy it too!

It is supposed to rain till Sunday so there is not much I can do in the garden so I will try to concentrate on getting the house into a fit state.  We are planning a party for my grandmother on Sunday since her birthday is May 1st and mothers day is shortly there after.  With gas prices as high as they are we try to combine events in our family for those that live a bit further off. 

WOW!

11:01, Friday, May 2, 2008 .. Posted by mamaof2andtwins

That is a lot of planting. I get worn out doing 30 tomato plants. My garden isn't quite ready for everything yet. We are expecting rain also.
Blessings,
Jennie

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03:01, Saturday, May 3, 2008 .. Posted by maa

our garden is ready to plant ,but the rain got in the way today.Maybe tomorrow we will get some beans planted.

Food prices are going to get higher so I hope we both will get great results with our plantings. I bought some tomato plants last night.
maa's mom

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10:35, Thursday, May 8, 2008 .. Posted by Handmaiden

I know exactly how you feel!!! We have most of our garden in now but, what got me so sore was repairing the roof over the laundry room brefore we got some rain............no rain yet...... we need it. I think that it is so important to provide for our families the best that we can. It is important for our children to learn how to garden too. Thanks for your posts.