Gardening at the German Farm

Pheeew, progress is a lot slower than expected due to the current "labor shortage". By that I am of course referring to me single-handedly turning the dirt in the garden while entertaining the children. I have spent the past four weekends turning dirt and have about a third done. And it is really not a very big area.

Also, in the past two weeks the farm has completely exploded into green. The fields are unrecognizable from a fortnight ago. And the weather has been fantastic, in the mid 70s I would estimate. While we had some visitors stopping by I looked up and we had some amazing cirrocumulus clouds puffed into the sky.


All right, better get back to turning dirt ... :)

Sunday Update

Well, progress was a little slower than expected. Due to being one (wo)man down I did not get as much done as I had wanted at the German farm. Among the things that were accomplished:

• rake the garden and clear away dead leaves
• build a compost heap to generate organic plant food
• enjoy some of Donna's excellent cookies
• show the house and garden to the visiting scouts

I did find some garlic in one of the older parts of the garden which I re-planted in the herb section. It was overgrown with weeds when I found it so it was hard to spot. Next week we will try to pull the rest of the weeds and get some planting done as well.

Christa was a big help today, taking care of the kids. Many thanks for that.