half pint

At the risk of sounding like a broken record; the winter snow and unrelenting cold was brutal on our crops. The last few weeks of warmer temps & more daylight have us delighted. Each day there is another discovery of a surprise springing to life. 2 weeks ago we weren't sure anything was gonna survive, and today we planted lettuce! outside! The Kale is coming back bolder than ever. HOORAY! VEGGIES! I love a root veg as much as the next gal, but boy oh boy ! How I have missed my greens. Theys a comin! Theys a comin!

But, there was loss... some winter peas inter planted with barley ( i think?), they got beat down every time they peeked out of the dirt.
'hey, is it safe to sprout yet?' BAM... try again 'hello?' BAM.
Our hearts ache for them because they are pretty and I absolutely LOVE mowing them down when they are done feeding us those tendrils.
SO today the decision was made to stop gazing out the window hopin & wishin, and to get somethin else in the mud.


I think you know by now we do stuff mostly without the help of horsepower. Rolling (and i use the term loosely) the earthway seeder over the lumps & bumps & valleys, I was channeling Charles Ingalls when his horse went lame and they had one episode to get the seed in the ground or they would all starve. I wasn't able to play the fiddle for Half Pint tonight, too wore out. The only thing missing was the little house, the prairie, and well, about 20 acres....





Yeah, I'm being dramatic. but it was my little hell. Don't judge....




Awww Look at that, its just DYIN to be a cole planet jr.
zero horsepower....