Onions

Picked the first of the snow peas today.  Lovely, sweet and tender will be great in stir-fry.  The terrible winds of this week knocked them down, but not out.  Yum!

Saw the first blossom on the eggplant.  Not the one the mole bothered, but its sister in the row.  This one is three times the size of the injured one and looks like it has lots of blossoms to come.

There is such serenity to a garden with night coming on.  I sit in the lawn chair by the fire pit and sing one last song.  The chickens squabble for the best spot on their perches. The once-vivid sunset slowly fades. The last of the songbirds flit by to find a safe perch for the…

Sad day at the farm.  One of my oldest chickens has died.  We have a little out-of-the-way spot for our pets so she will lie undisturbed.

Gone.  Hopped away, or cat got it.  So sad.

Planted carrots today. Carrots need to be kept moist.   Covering them with hay or board will keep moisture in,  Plant spacing just as I do with beets.: plant seeds 3 inches apart, in rows 3 inches apart diagonally. That comes to 3 rows in a one-row garden space.  Lots less space for weeds!  Be sure…