Vicktory Farm and Gardens
That Time Has Arrived
I dunno, I could be mistakin’, but I’m thinkin’ that this is my favorite time of the year. Not time of the year as in season, as in, I like summer. I do, sort of, but I’m talking about haying time. Yeah a lot of what I love and look forward to happens in summer, … Continue reading
New Water System
The following post is written by EBet. I, Lanny, am pleased to say that EBet from Paddle in the Pond will also be posting here. She writes and posts about the sky and the wildlife around our ponds over at her blog, take some time to check it out if you haven’t been there yet. We were … Continue reading
Work, Work and More Work
The girls have been weeding garlic and onion beds. The onion beds are the hardest, they are infested with clover. But the onions are looking great in spite of the slight encroachment on their space. The girls have been trying to keep up with the ornamental beds as well. I do have a tendency to … Continue reading
Hippy Hot Hut
I’m in! Well, I’m in for a little bit then I’ll clear out and let Dirt finish sometime around June. Well with this side any who. We’ve got some figger out on the other side. Figgerin’ and fightin’. It’s the perennial problem when the finance manager is the builder but not the user and dreamer. … Continue reading
Asparagus Beds
A few more beds in Barn Garden need to be made up, We did these this week for asparagus. Anna did an excellent job of clearing the area of weeds including along the duck fence. When the weeds get thick at the fence line it holds the rain water in the garden area instead of … Continue reading
Now For the Glazing.
Oh, I love glazing, I put a lovely cream cheese glaze on my cinnamon rolls on Sunday… No, not frosting or icing. Glazing. It is the clear stuff, if you will, that is on a green house or in this case, hot house. So yes, like the shiny coat of a sugary substance for donuts, … Continue reading
Bulletin Number Eight
Or, Catching up on Lanny’s Hot House Project Bulletin number eight of the Pierce County whatever says that framed structures for the purpose of protecting and propagating plants covered with up to twenty mil plastic is exempt from having a permit. So let’s finish up that project eh? We last caught you up on the … Continue reading
Into Everyone’s Life A Little Dirt Must Fall
It has been a bit of a crazy time here at Victory Farm & Gardens, no different I suspect from anyone else and their lives. I am always looking for ways to calm the nerve endings and take it at a regular pace..After my work out days of going up and down and down and … Continue reading
Sittin’ by the Edge of the Pond
I miss my Saturday company. They worked very hard along side Dirt and I and the girls, but they also brought some wonderful wine and a vital reason to relax and just converse, friendship. (By the way read the title to the tune of Sittin’ by the Dock of the Bay) We got back to … Continue reading