Since it is May Day, I figured I'd be timely with starting a new thread, even the the April one had only2 or 3 posts. If you have a need to go back, here we were.........
The thread "April Farming" in
Farming forum
Don't know about all you other peeps, but I think it needs to be rice and cranberries here..........and a boat to do it with!!!!!!!!!!! Nothing but rain, drizzle, misting, more rain, some thunder and lightning, a shower here and there................you get the idea. And COLD............we had warmer weather in Feb. and March!
Our renter's direct seeded alfalfa is looking great (what I can see out my window while I type), I think he got it in the end of March. He got a bunch of corn in too, but it better warm up and dry out soon or he'll be replanting! Crazy weather. My paternal Granny attributed it all to the dial telephone. Yes, she did............."We didn't have any of this till those dial telephones............" It would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad and pathetic. She prided herself on never having learned to use it. Thank God there wasn't a time where she would have HAD to contact the fire department or 911.
We've mowed our yard once; I was going to do it on Saturday again, but it started raining yet again. By the time we get to it, I suppose the SU will have to set up the bagger and we can get the renter to chop it.
My pergola got built, finally.........and I just am in love with it. For any that care to see it (from the time I started thinking about it till it actually got done) you can go over to the garden structures. You can find the thread here.........hopefully it takes you to the beginning of it. LOL
The thread "Pergola" in
Garden Structures forum
All my trees and shrubs have come back this spring (that appears to be my farming now). The Japanese lilac is full of buds, the flowering quince is.........the hardy hydrangeas were..........the wisteria is going to go berserk if/when it warms up, and the trumpet vine is starting to leaf. I do hope the wisteria gifts me with a couple of bloom clusters............I planted it just last year, so who knows. It was a Monrovia, and they always have such nice plants, so maybe it will surprise me.
