Friday, May 22, 2015

Spring Goings On

Good morning to the world.  We are having rain.  We have been getting a little of the wet stuff for the last couple of weeks.  Not a lot, but enough to green things up. Temps have been cool also.  Our winter was dry.  Not much snow.  The garden is getting a slow start with the cool weather.  We raised most of our veggies in the greenhouse this spring.  We had a frost ten days ago that killed some plants even though they were covered.  Our asparagus crop has been good this spring.

Rhubarb has also been very productive this spring.  Our Quaking Aspens are doing well.  They are sending up shoots, so we are on our way to an Aspen grove.

Started the first project of the year yesterday.  We are building an outdoor canning kitchen. We were blessed with a quite a bit of re-purposed material this winter.  Always makes it easier to do when the materials are on hand.  Hope to have a lot of things to can this year.

It seems like I just hibernated for the winter.  There were some things I was going to do, but just never got around to it.  Did a lot of reading.  We go to a book club once a month.  The state historical society along with the local library,  provide a book and we meet with a person from the Historical Society to cuss and discuss the book.  It has been quite interesting.

Enough for today.  My coffee cup is empty.  Time to fill it.  God Bless All.  --johnnyb

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  1. Johnny,

    We got more than a little bit of rain. It's been raining continuously for 2 weeks, we don't see an end to it either. Everything is bright green and flooded here.
    Your asparagus really looks great! Will you be canning it?
    I can't wait to hear more about your outdoor kitchen.

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    1. So far we eat most of it. Actually, we eat a lot of it!!

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  2. We need rain desparately. But, I was reading an article from Aussie this week which says they think this year is an El Nino - that mean below average rainfall for us... :(

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    1. Been strange weather. We used out pellet stove this week. Usually using AC!

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  3. I'm glad to see you survived the winter. Good to have you back.

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    1. Thanks. Sometimes I feel like a bear in the winter!

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