The Garden's Growin'

This year we (OK, Zenka) turned under all of last years plots, amended the soil with lots of good stuff and re-worked the whole layout.  It's looking awesome! Technical difficulties (old camera, old laptop...) have made taking pictures and making posts really challenging...  Here's our cucumber trellis in progress -- It's made of reclaimed wood...we have some sliding glass doors that came from a renovation job and these mahogany thingamajiggies are window pane inserts.  Way to grow in style, cukes!

It Rained and Poured, and Rained and Poured...It's the Catskill Mountain Rainforest!

We have been eagerly awaiting the end of the frost era so that we can begin our direct sow plantings.  But then the rain began, and didn't stop for days....  But work must go on at the Farm, even in the slog.  There's one thing that wet weather is really good for (besides mud for wallowing but we don't have any pigs..) -- Burn Pile! 

And how do you keep a good burn pile fed with plenty o'brush?  Child Labor!  Yep, Zenona has learned to drive the tractor and for now, is eager to help with yard work.  I made some cute videos but they are taking forever to load up to blogger...maybe if I put them on youtube first. Ugh.. Anyway, trust me, the girl's got skills....

Rain is also extra good for asparagus...check out these monsters!  They are the one's growing 'wild' in the back of our garden, remnants of Laurel's Garden.  My yearling asparagus is doing pretty well but these ones are just ridiculous.