Beautiful sunny day.
Yesterday Frank cut down area where new chicken coop will go. Today we raked up all the debris and carted away. Laid out shape of coop ( 8 x 12 ).
Huge compost pile of leaves has dropped by about 2 feet so we added all the reserved bags of leaves into the pile. In a couple of years we will have an amazing pile of leaf mould to use.
Daffodils coming up under the 4 Apple trees where I planted them last fall.
A few yellow crocus are now in bloom.
Rhubarb crowns showing some signs of life, little pink spots.
Nothing from strawberries yet. As we did not have time to mulch them for the winter, I am hoping they are still alive. Will cut back the leaves and see.
Garlic is up. We will remove the straw mulch to let it grow a bit and then replace the mulch to keep the soil moist and weed free around the plants.
Have laid out the plan of work for this Spring for the garden. Should not be as bad or as hard as last year. Lots of new beds going in but the ground has been under tarps for three years so cleaning the soil of weeds should be easier.
Yesterday Frank cut down area where new chicken coop will go. Today we raked up all the debris and carted away. Laid out shape of coop ( 8 x 12 ).
Huge compost pile of leaves has dropped by about 2 feet so we added all the reserved bags of leaves into the pile. In a couple of years we will have an amazing pile of leaf mould to use.
Daffodils coming up under the 4 Apple trees where I planted them last fall.
A few yellow crocus are now in bloom.
Rhubarb crowns showing some signs of life, little pink spots.
Nothing from strawberries yet. As we did not have time to mulch them for the winter, I am hoping they are still alive. Will cut back the leaves and see.
Garlic is up. We will remove the straw mulch to let it grow a bit and then replace the mulch to keep the soil moist and weed free around the plants.
Have laid out the plan of work for this Spring for the garden. Should not be as bad or as hard as last year. Lots of new beds going in but the ground has been under tarps for three years so cleaning the soil of weeds should be easier.
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