The weather has been playing games lately. Most of March was nice, and we were able to spend some time outside getting things done. Then came the rain and wind. We even had lightning and thunder Tuesday night – not typical around here. Wednesday was beautiful and we spent the entire afternoon removing blackberry vines that were attempting to take over the orchard. It now looks fantastic and it will be much easier to keep the upper hand now. Also planted a couple of little blueberry bushes. Of course, true to the season, the following morning brought pouring rain and wind. We were still able to enjoy a kids’ Easter egg hunt at our friend Ginny’s house though. High winds and colder temperatures predicted for the weekend.
With the tractor up and running, we started plowing the garden patch about two weeks ago. Not even a whole furrow into it and steam started rising. Broken fan belt. It was too late in the day to fix and still have time to finish the job. Again, the following day brought rain, rain and rain. That is the hardest part of farming - waiting on the weather.
Can’t complain too much, as that rain is an important part of all this, but if it would just give us enough time to get things ready… Once the garden is planted it can rain whenever it wants. Trying to fit the farm work in around a skewed job schedule takes some cooperation from old Mother Nature. Yeah, sure. It just needs to dry out enough to prep the garden.
In the mean time, I guess I can peruse the seed catalogs and see if there is anything else we might add or keep in mind for next year. Oh, and day dream about all those garden fresh vegetables we’ll have this year.
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