It is flurrying snowflakes again today. On Sunday I took pictures of the daffodils in the snow because no one would believe me if I didn't. Looking into the valley, no one else had snow and our fields on the top of the hill were totally white again. luckily Sunday afternoon, after we both finished our books, the sun came out and it was a glorious day. The garden is starting to look planted and neat again. The kale, arugula and lettuce are sown. The weeds are slowly being removed from the bottom of the garden to the top section. The weeds all go into the whellbarrow and head down to the pigpen for the new weanlings and the piglet recovering from her bout with some kind of bronchitis. I swear it was the chicken soup that finally cured her and now the greens are doing their part. The flats in the greenhouse are planted weekly with a few things to help spread out the harvest as last year I was a bit amibitous in anticipating the volume we could eat. I am sworn to small successive planmtings this year.
Our perennial gardens are in need of a big facelift this year. That is always a daunting task when you begin with a mature patch of plants and stand beside it with your shovel. Which ones to keep and which are too wild, weedy or invasive? Where to move them? But the earlier you get this accomplished the better off you are. I'd like to incorporate some permaculture features too but don't have a plan yet.
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