Farm Tour Friday 3/4/2021
It’s Friday time to take a break! Finally all the snow has melted and now we are into mud season. The end of winter beginning of spring is mud season on the farm. Everywhere you turn there seems to be more mud and yes the mud makes it’s way into my house with my four girls enjoying the nicer weather. We have been working to get the new high tunnel we put up at the end of the year ready for planting but the mud is making it a challenge. The tractor has a hard time making it through the slippery mud while carrying heavy top soil into the tunnel for the new beds. To get around the mud we work early in the morning when the ground is still frozen. I have lots of plants ready to go into our new space as soon as the beds are finished.
Mark moving soil into the new high tunnel for the new beds.
A very muddy road on the farm.
Spring is well on its way here on the farm. The birds have started to return from, their winter vacations. We have seen Robins, Eastern Blue Birds, and Killdeer around the farm. An immature Bald Eagle even flew by, quite impressive. Our hens know spring is on its way too. We went from getting only a few eggs each day to two dozen eggs a day now. This makes it a bit easier to plan meals this time of year. Can you say omelets, frittatas, quiches, puddings, and anything that uses a good amount of eggs for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Freshly collected eggs.
Yarrow seedlings in the propagation house.
The daffodils are starting to poke through the earth and the days are getting longer. It’s even light now after 6pm. The first anemone bloomed, too. They start out with super short stems in the beginning. As the anemones mature and continue to bloom the stems get longer up to 24 inches long. Anemones are one of the first flowers to bloom on the farm each year and are welcomed.
A pink anemone.
A white anemone.
We closed the tulip house this week as well. This will make the tulips think it is spring and we will have blooms in about five weeks. We grow tulips in a high tunnel in raised beds to extend our tulip season. It is the easiest way we have found to grow a large amount of bulbs in one space inside without having to use bulb crates.
Last but not least this week we opened our dahlia tuber store. It was exciting to finally get to this point. We have worked so hard and it’s been several years in the making. Wow, thank you so much to everyone who has purchased dahlia tubers from us. It means more than we can even express. Don’t fret we have many wonderful varieties available. Shop Now!
Black Satin dahlia.
Coral Assorted dahlia.
Thanks for joining me for Farm Tour Friday. Have a great weekend!
Kate
