The garden is looking wonderful despite my inattention these last few months. I have a harvest of lettuces, potatoes, onions, celery, chard and kale daily. The strawberries and artichokes have been added to the mix for over a month now. The chickens have blessed us with more eggs than I know what to do with. The staff at school love the extras I pass along to them weekly. The new dwarf fruit orchard has set an abundance of fruit. I should have pulled it all off and allowed the trees to concentrate on putting all their energy in root development...but I just couldn't do more than a heavy thinning...I really want to see some ripe plums, apricots, peaches, nectarines, cherries and apples on my new trees.
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| Cabbage and Kale |
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| Potatoes and Chard Hiding in the Flowers |
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| Peaches! |
Due to neglect I have lost my tomatoes, peppers, squash and melons...wiped out by something. I have put down diatomaceous earth and will replant on Monday...after I BUY transplants from the local nursery. I have not had to BUY transplants for YEARS! I will replant the squash and melons...plenty of growing season left for them. I'm going to go a head and direct seed a few tomatoes and peppers, too...just in case we have a long summer.
I have started more bees. I lost most of my hives to wax moth last season. I have invested in some nice new hive building material and I'm now making my own equipment...or at least I'm attempting to make my own equipment. My friend, Paula has increased her apiary to over 15 hives just by capturing swarms and splitting hives! My brother and his wife have just started their own two hives...they planted a nice garden and put in a two acre fruit orchard and wanted the bees for increased pollination. Looks like I started a bee movement in my little corner of the world!
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| Hive From a Friend |
My husband is doing well since his surgery. He's back out out in the farm fields he loves so much. Our youngest son is now in charge and that is a very welcomed change. My job has gone through several major changes, some good, some bad...but I'm still enjoying my time there. I am looking forward to June 1st, though...the last day of school and the start of summer vacation! Yahoo!
I want to thank those that have honored me with blogger awards the last few months...thank you! thank you! thank you! Because of my hectic schedule I have not been able to participate...but again, I am honored.
5 comments:
Good luck with your new bees and transplants and glad your husband is doing well again.
Well, Lynda...you have had a lot going on in your life! I am intrigued with your bees...how great! Life is one long journey...the best we can sometimes is just keep showing up! Glad your husband is doing well.
Life gets away sometimes, but it looks like you are getting it back!
Replant your tomatoes, there's plenty of time!
Glad to hear you and yours are doing fine. (I was thinking about you the other day as you haven't posted in awhile.)
You must live in the most magical place! You have fruit on your fruit sticks! Me? Zippo.
But I do still have tomatoes... For now anyway.
I am so glad to see you back on blogger. I have been worried. Wonderful garden. I just got mine in yesterday and got everything covered up. We still may have some weird weather yet.
I wish I could have bees here, but with all of the trailer park trash that lives around me, I may have a problem with the complaints of bugs around, which tells you how dumb the people I live around are.
Welcome back.
Have a wonderful week, my friend.
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