Author Archives: Lanny
Rusty Is Moving On, Raspberries Coming Back
Rusty is moving on. No longer will he be VF&G’s boss hog. He’s on to greener ground, not under it. We were getting ready to move him out to the woodlot as he has done his work completely eradicating all life forms in the old mixed raspberry and BlackBerry plot or, since we have to bring … Continue reading
Bad Morning, Better Day
Ugh, up late. Bad start, no breakfast biscuits for the menfolk as promised, fail. But doing best for a redeemed day. Grabbed chickies out of the incubator. Water nipple trained them. Sorry no actual pics of me doing that, I would need 4 hands, I only have … Continue reading
Candlemas Day
Half your wood and half your hay, by Candlemas Day. Or so that saying goes. This year we, VF&G, aren’t doing well on that score. It is also the day all holly and boughs are removed from the home. I think I’m done. I really don’t have much left of Christmas decorations up, save for … Continue reading
A New Garden
Beginning this summer, mostly just on Sundays, I’m putting in a new garden near the house, right by the asparagus patch, just south of the barn, my long awaited Holy Trinity Garden. This garden will essentially be in the shape of a clover leaf, the famed illustration of Saint Patrick to the Irish to explain … Continue reading
Onions Overwinter
Overwinter Onions In My Zone 7ish Market Garden. Earlier this year, I thought I had decided that I desired a break from starting my own onion plants for a few years. But, since all of my onion plants, okay, nearly all, from Dixondale had bolted on me this spring/summer, and they bolted on my daughters … Continue reading
New Fence, New Bridge,
Getting ‘round in the muck in spring. Well not just spring, autumn and winter as well. Not even just autumn, winter and spring but the first and last months of summer. Okay, maybe that is a bit of exaggeration, but only barely. It is hard living on soft soil at the head waters of a … Continue reading
Onions, Onions, Onions and Some Garlic
Onions This Last Year Last year at this time I ordered some short day onion plants from Dixondale Farm. Even though the bed I chose ended up being slightly flooded during the winter; and this super dense short weedy grass/moss junk, impossible to weed out without removing all the soil around the onion, grew around … Continue reading
Tree Planting
Gathering up potted trees from around the house and outbuildings and taking them out to the Highway Hedgerow. So how come trees along the highway fence line? Trees are assets, like tools on a farm. First off, trees drink a lot of water. We have a lot of water. We already … Continue reading
Highway Hedgerow
Changes were mulled over, consequences – benefits and detriments – weighed and now the time has come, the plans have been made, fence removed. Well almost the fence is removed. Three-fourths is out of the bindy mess of grass and dirt. We are workin’ on it. What fence? Why? What the heck is goin’ on? … Continue reading
May Days Tomato Plant Sale
Tomato plants go on sale this week! Monday-Wednesday! Facebook and Blog Friends Special Come out between 10am and 6pm, the gate will be closed but we’re right out in the front in the Market Garden. Give a quick toot on your horn and we’ll come open the gate. Get the early bird price of $3.00 … Continue reading
