The blues were so blue and the greens so green. What a perfect weekend to enjoy the farm. The weather forecast was a bit ominous, but by the time we arrived all that was left were puddles and big fluffy clouds. Lynnette came along and since she hadn't been there in a while we took the atv for a "Round about" - a quick trip to all the corners of the farm to see what was new.
Then we did the slower more observant version by taking a good long hike.
John Deare stayed busy all weekend on his big and little tractors - boys and their toys and all that but he has now made THREE garden beds ready for planting. Guess we are committed - or need to be - haha. The front two gardens equal 420 and 480 square feet and then he tilled what we have dubbed "the pumpkin patch" a plot about 24 x 30 FEET. On the menu this year are pumpkins, potatoes, onions, squash, gourds - mostly low-er maintenance veggies and ones that take up room. I plan to have one of the front gardens in flowers for beauty and cutting and am plotting (ha-pun intended) to plant the other garden in perennials - mostly herbs I am thinking. and then we have one more bed that we are working on - a perennial/bulb garden that marks the entrance to the property. Yes ambitious and we are probably crazy but it fuels the soul and makes us happy to be in the dirt. Other projects for this summer include a fence and gate across the front and a pavilion for cover by the fire pit. Meanwhile we continue to call the little trailer home and hope someday that our little piece of paradise will bless others with rest and peace the way it does us.
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