Author Archives: Lanny
Remembering, Doing, and Looking Forward, All in a Saturday’s Work
How’s the Hothouse and Market Shed project going? Well this is where I left you last, the big trees were down, the little brushy trees got cut out, and I kept looking at what it was going to be. . Last Sunday, the last day of February, Mr. Leonard, Leonard and Sons Excavating, came … Continue reading
Today and Tomorrow, Oh and Yesterday Too
Today and tomorrow are the best days for seeding root crops and perennials, I’m a busy lady for the next couple of days. Plus Mr. Leonard’s crew (okay, one operator) is coming early Saturday morning to rip out the stumps and level out my building site then Mr. Vick can get the gravel in here, … Continue reading
It’s A Long Way to Tip…
No I didn’t go to Tipperary yesterday, but I sure went a long way! Seventy-seven point four miles north to be exact, to get Anna started in her new venture, angora bunnies.I was going to be clever and post the google map of our route up there but every time I try to put it … Continue reading
New Pens!
I have found my new favorite pen! Wait!It has been years, zillions of years, since I have had a favorite pen! This is a huge find! No simple little, “oh, I found a new pen I really like”.Mostly all I have run into are pens that are adequate. Or pens I really dislike and would … Continue reading
Leonards, Lambs, and Landscaping
Our good friends, the Leonards, have big equipment, so to get out the stumps, who do we call? The Leonards! Leonard Excavating, with big fat stump ripping out excavators! Yahooooo!And what do we do when we call friends over? Eat! But what happens when the Vicks sit down to eat? Lambs! It’s Tilly! Anna’s bottle … Continue reading
Baby Count is on the Rise
Lambs, ya just can’t keep your lips off of them A first year momma had a lamb this late afternoon, ’bout the same time as Ethel had hers on Thursday. So we are at three, two rams, one ewe lamb. It isn’t unusual for first year moms to have just one lamb, but after that … Continue reading
Oh Peas, Another Baby Announcement!
These are barely the fetal stage! Aren’t they cute though, sitting in the furrow waiting to be covered. One of five different shelling peas: Canoe, Wando, Green Arrow, Alaska, Maestro. Oh, but this is really what you came for isn’t it Dear Reader? This year’s first lambs hit the ground as we went out to … Continue reading
How I Make My Bed
This has been my big project this week. A modified French drain around our old log barn that does not have gutters or any place to put them. The job was a tough one to get to. When it is really rainy and the need to do the job is very apparent, the soil is … Continue reading
Pictures from North Garden
More tourery tour tomorrow I am sure. We are expecting the end of our sunny run and back to warmer rains. I was digging drainage ditches by the barn today. But I did come down here to get a little work done in each garden today, kind of a check up on things. Even snuggled … Continue reading
North Garden, Poly Tunnels and Phenological Events
Good morning Dear Reader. Got your boots on again? I was thinking I would take you on a tour of North Garden. But instead of doing it all in one day I would stretch it out all during the week. North Garden is not the most northern spot on the Farm, north and south speaking … Continue reading
