Happy Presidents' Day!!!

High atop the Sierra Nevada Mountains, fueled by residual snowboarding adrenaline and patriotic fervor, Brandon Covey and Elizabeth Horowitz got engaged. Happy Birthday, George Washington!

Chicken coop

Chickens coming in May.

Greenhouse Update

Well, closing in on a month since reporting on budding cucumbers and finally have some further development to report: Several of the female flowers painstakingly pollinated  by paintbrush have developed fruit. One cucumber has reached a length of nearly 8 inches and is nearly ready to harvest. At least 7 others have started maturing.

Getting more blossoms daily.










The tomatoes have also started to set fruit.









I'll be starting tomato and pepper plants for the summer garden this weekend.

Bee Here Now

When you grow a summer garden you pretty much take for granted that nature will take it's course and the blossoms will bloom and the fruit will grow. In the winter greenhouse a little more attention is required. There are no bees buzzing around to do the pollinating so you must bee prepared to do it yourself. All that is required is a paintbrush to move pollen from the male flower to the female flower(the one with the baby cuke attached). If enough pollen is transferred the baby should mature into a crispy green slicer. We've got a dozen or so babies so far...hoping for a nice winter-time cucumber salad. Tomatoes are just now starting to bud so that fruit is still a ways off!

Happy 30

14 At Last and the 2012 Tree Hunt

 

Ivy and Alaina turned 14 years old today, enjoyed semester finals at school, did a little Christmas shopping at Stillwater Milling, and then helped with the tree hunt before dark (Alaina's turn to saw but Kale helped).  Happy Birthday!

special

This was when steve and i were bowling together on a team...1980 something.. we were the only ones in the bowling alley dressed up for halloween!   i can't find the pic were we are both standing side by side so i just put 2 pics together.  happy birthday steve and thanks so much for sharing so many happy times with me.  you are the greatest!!!!