Late Winter on the Homestead

Hello, friends.  A "spring" bouquet was gathered to enjoy.  The forsythias, cherry, peaches and apricot have begun blooming.  The remainder of wintersown seeds were planted.  Though it doesn't much feel like winter now, we're supposed to get some lows in the 30's this week and next.  It's a bit later than I usually plant, but you do what you can do.  I began watering the Amish tomatoes that I prepped in the Fall, and planted seeds of another 9 varieties, plus 5 different sweet peppers.  The wintersown seeds included celosia, black-eyed susan vine, dye amaranth, orach, portulaca, roselle, spilanthes, tansy, tithonia, sweet annie and zinnias.

 J has been working hard on the chicken coop addition.  It's now enclosed, with a door and ramp to their yard, a clean-out door, roosts, and a line of watering nipples.  He added an automatic door to the main coop, and the chickens took to it quickly.  Their feeder was moved inside the nesting room.  These changes were done to make future traveling easier.  Knowing gas was likely to rise, because of the latest war, I filled up early in the week.  The price had already risen .40, from a few days earlier, and when I passed by a day or two later, it had risen another .30.  I expect it will rise again, if it hasn't already, but hope it doesn't continue at .70 or more a week.  I'm sure it's going up everywhere.

I planted kale, cilantro and parsley seeds.  The trays all started next to the woodstove.  Kale started sprouting on Saturday, so the tray was moved to our little indoor grow station.  We haven't used the woodstove in a few days, so I moved all the trays there.  The onions in the garden are coming up nicely.  J worked up a spot in the garden for potatoes.  A male client requested a custom size neck pillow.  I finished it on Sunday, and will deliver it this week.  I hope your week has been a good one.  I put up a skoolie post on Friday, for those who are interested.  Take good care, and be well.