“The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence but you still have to mow it"

This year the backyard has served a different purpose--pasturing Carl’s horse, Bouncer. Carl reasons with gas prices so high it would be better to let the mower sit and opt to use it for grazing. Bouncer has grazed the yard down once already to a manageable height, but with all the rain we’ve been getting the grass has grown back rapidly, which has led to pasturing Bouncer in the backyard a second time. 

"Gardeners Know All The Dirt." Quote From Popular Garden Sayings

A Work In Progress -- Here are a couple of pictures of the garden bed situated in front of the house. You would never know it by looking at it, but in the past this area was used to plant perennials. This year, we decided it would be put to better use as a vegetable garden so Carl dug out the bulbs with the skid steer and added composted horse manure. The railroad ties were removed and replaced with stone. Next, Jon planted some cold weather vegetables and anticipates planting of warm weather plants in the near future. Needless to say, I’m anxious to see what produce results will be from this new venture. Thanks Guys!

Sunday, Jon volunteered to help out with planting the little vegetable garden in front of the house. He planted onions, radishes, leeks and kale. No warm weather plants yet.

Carl added some temporary fence to keep the puppy (Lady), goats and rabbits out. Before the fencing was complete though, Lady managed to sneak into the garden and grab the yellow mesh that was holding the onion bulbs. It was definitely a “catch me if you can” moment.

Green Pastures at Last

A beautiful day to go out to the pasture and see the new calves. After the long hard winter, it was nice to see the pastures making a comeback and new life abounding everywhere .