I did it, I'm now married! Kinda strange but wonderful too! We had a small intimate wedding on the top of Soames Hill in Gibsons BC. Introducing Mr and Mrs Myers:
The last few days have been a frenzy of activity. The preparations around the wedding and then some bad weather (heavy rain) meant that I couldn't get to the gardens for almost a week. Wow, one week of warmer weather and moisture meant heaven for the weeds! All I wanted to do was plant plant plant but I had to split my time between weed weed weed! My friend Debbie helped me yesterday (how wonderful having friends who think it is fun to help me!) and now I'm feeling like I have my head above water so to speak!
This week I also took a day off to go to Vancouver to take a load of furniture to my daughter's place (did I mention I am also moving this month?) and then took the opportunity to purchase some supplies so that I will be all set for the farmer's market in Gibsons that starts next month. I now have a canopy, display containers, ice packs for keeping produce cool, a collapsible table, weigh scale, and a new shovel.
Some of my produce is ready right now and won't last until the CSA program starts ie the pac choi and chinese cabbage. Also my first batch of arugula and mizuna have gone to seed. That is too bad because they look so dramatic and taste so good. I'll start a new batch and they will be available in about 5-6 weeks. They are a nice early season addition though, so note to self, next year I mustn't start them so early!
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
busy, busy, busy
I'm feeling a little overwhelmed with how busy I am right now! Whose crazy idea was it to get married and move house in May? May has got to be the busiest month for a farmer with all the frenzy of planting (especially now that the weather has finally warmed up and I feel like I'm doing catch-up after the delay due to the cold) without having other stuff to do too! I keep reminding myself to breath and keep calm, it will all come together.
This week I spent two days (that I could have been planting!) building a fence around the farm field to keep the deer out. Actually, Paul (who will be my husband in 2 days!) and I built it. There is absolutely no way I could have done it without him, in fact, I couldn't have got this business going at all without his support - I'm very grateful to have him in my life. Anyway, the fence looks awesome, check it out below, and most importantly it will keep the deer out.
Steve, the owner of this land, told us a funny story. After day one we had all the poles up but only half the fencing. That evening Steve saw three deer cross the road and head straight towards the fence. They stopped as they couldn't get through, walked around the corner (where there was no fencing!) and followed the line of poles without going inside, and left the area!!
The gardens are all going crazy right now. I have SO MANY greens! Yesterday I picked a huge pile of greens (will give them away to the people who are letting me use their land) and barely made a dent in the bed. I also harvested a complete bed of radishes. The radishes looked so beautiful I had to take a picture:
Today I plan to do a full day of planting. I have a bunch of transplants still to go out: broccoli, celeriac, red and white onions, parsley. I would really like to seed some more beds with shallots, peas, carrots and beets. Also, I would love to have a wall of sunflowers along the fence, must get them in too!
Enjoy the sun! :o)
This week I spent two days (that I could have been planting!) building a fence around the farm field to keep the deer out. Actually, Paul (who will be my husband in 2 days!) and I built it. There is absolutely no way I could have done it without him, in fact, I couldn't have got this business going at all without his support - I'm very grateful to have him in my life. Anyway, the fence looks awesome, check it out below, and most importantly it will keep the deer out.
Steve, the owner of this land, told us a funny story. After day one we had all the poles up but only half the fencing. That evening Steve saw three deer cross the road and head straight towards the fence. They stopped as they couldn't get through, walked around the corner (where there was no fencing!) and followed the line of poles without going inside, and left the area!!
The gardens are all going crazy right now. I have SO MANY greens! Yesterday I picked a huge pile of greens (will give them away to the people who are letting me use their land) and barely made a dent in the bed. I also harvested a complete bed of radishes. The radishes looked so beautiful I had to take a picture:
Today I plan to do a full day of planting. I have a bunch of transplants still to go out: broccoli, celeriac, red and white onions, parsley. I would really like to seed some more beds with shallots, peas, carrots and beets. Also, I would love to have a wall of sunflowers along the fence, must get them in too!
Enjoy the sun! :o)
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
what a difference a week makes!
Yeahhhh, finally the weather has warmed up a little. Amazing the difference a few degrees can make! All the plants in the gardens are noticeably taking off; I have greens galore!
Big news this week is that I got the go-ahead from Steve at Brookbank Farm to start work on his land. If you recall, his field has been lying fallow for many years and so this Spring he has been turning it over for me with his tractor. He has turned it at least five times - thank you Steve! The soil looks fabulous, though I know it will be pretty weedy this year with all the weed seeds that have been stirred up.
I have moved a bunch of transplants from the greenhouse into the field (leeks, onions, salad greens, parsley, and also potato starts). Still many more to go and many seeds to plant. I also really need to get going on getting a fence built around the field - the deer will devastate my work in no time if I don't!
Big news this week is that I got the go-ahead from Steve at Brookbank Farm to start work on his land. If you recall, his field has been lying fallow for many years and so this Spring he has been turning it over for me with his tractor. He has turned it at least five times - thank you Steve! The soil looks fabulous, though I know it will be pretty weedy this year with all the weed seeds that have been stirred up.
I have moved a bunch of transplants from the greenhouse into the field (leeks, onions, salad greens, parsley, and also potato starts). Still many more to go and many seeds to plant. I also really need to get going on getting a fence built around the field - the deer will devastate my work in no time if I don't!
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