Waiting for Spring on the Farm – TheFarmChicken
We are all in the same spot right now, waiting for spring. By the calendar’s standards spring is here but by the temperatures and amounts of snow on the ground we have a ways to go. So what do you do on a farm while you wait for the snow to melt? One of the things that I have been doing is planning for our garden. I plan to plant the usual, but I also think I will make some salsa this fall. Salsa means peppers. I plan to plant peppers this year so that all the main ingredients for the salsa can come from the garden. We usually plant cucumbers (“umpumbers” as our little girl calls them), tomatoes, onions, zucchini, carrots, and pumpkins to name a few. I wouldn’t say we have a big garden, but it is a nice enough size to get a variety of vegetables. We have strawberries started already. Garlic that we are trying for the first time this year and of course rhubarb! Do you like rhubarb?
Last year I decided to try something new and overwintered some carrots. Basically meaning, I planted some carrots mid-summer and left them in the ground this fall through the winter. We will see how they faired this spring. It is supposed to work but we will see. Other than garden planning, taking care of the littles, doing bookwork, recipe creating, baking, and writing for the blog and newspaper have filled my days. Though I’m ready for warmer temperatures I am thankful for the time to work on “inside” things.
With planning spring happenings, the anticipation for spring becomes real. Spring this year means tulips, baby chicks, cleaning the chicken coop, planting flowers, prepping equipment for the field, playing outside more, and by the looks of it probably a fair amount of mud. It also means the transition from more consistency in our schedules to a busier farmer and less time to see him at home. It’s always an adjustment but a necessary one. I am thankful for the little things we have to look forward to in the spring. It feels like God’s way of encouraging us to get through the long winter months! Enjoy this picture of some of the tulips on the farm from last year as we wait for spring to arrive together! Thanks for reading! Make sure to check out more on thefarmchicken.com.
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