After another dry stretch of weather that included a hard frost on Monday night, we welcomed 2" of rain on Saturday. It came just at the right time. Friday was spent transplanting the hot crops, including tomatoes (paste and slicers), peppers (bell, hot and anaheim), winter squash, cucumbers (picklers and slicers), melons and pumpkins. We also seeded the sunflower garden and some other cutting flowers such as cosmos, zinnias and african daisy.
Many local gardeners were hit pretty hard with the frost. Reports of lost tomatoes, peppers, basil, flowers and potatoes dying back were all the buzz on Tuesday. Our only loss was a few annual flowers and a frost nipped leaf or two in the perennial flower/herb garden.
In the past week we also increased our livestock numbers with the settling in of 5 heritage breed piglets (Tamworth and Gloucester Old Spot crosses) and 3 Ramboulet lambs.
Today we will put the the first round of meat chickens out on grass. This is always a welcome relief and a bit nervewracking at the same time. The indoor brooding is over, but the weather and predators are now the challenge. It's always something, but that's what makes farming so interesting and challenging.
Our early potatoes and legumes are starting to show themselves. Internal frustrations over things being slow have turned out to be a blessing in disguise, considering the frost earlier in the week. All things happen for a reason. Sometimes you're the bug and sometimes you're the windshield.
Just a reminder about our next "Garden Day" on June 7th. It is going to be a potluck lunch. We will provide the chicken, bean dish and salad. Hope to see you then.
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