So out on the farm. . .

I was out in the fields of raised beds this morning. Got my pitchfork out.

 Oh my beloved pitchfork! Tines piercing the ground, push and lift and turn over the dirt. 

Yeah. I love that pitch fork.

Also talked to the seedlings today. Told 'em they don't know nothin' about the outside, but it's time to learn. Those seedlings shivered in the sun on the deck, while I mowed the lawn. Yep, time to get them hardened off. They gotta get strong!

Ah, so much work to do on the farm. . . . .


Yeah, it is hip.

It's an intense crop

Why I can only be a hip urban farmer. .

I'm way to attached to every plant. And that's it.

Who's been in the dirt?

Finally, I have a day off and I won't waste it, I think. Do I go to the gym or to the hardware store?

That old bookcase raised bed finally died. No time to mourn its frugal loss. If I'm working I might as well allow myself the guilty pleasure of purchasing another raised bed.

Guilty pleasure indeed.

Ah, the gym, it's right near the hardware store. Do I jog for thirty minutes at the gym or do I go whole hog and get to the hardware store in my dirt encrusted overalls?

Hmmmmmmm. . . .

It is time to start the seeds!

As I look through the seed catalog this year, I just don't know what to grow. 
Once again, this is another thing that a conventional farmer would not say.

I should have a plan ready to go, but I don't. Remember how last year, I told you to get out that graph paper and plan where to put things?  Well it's still a good idea. And I just might follow it, but uh. . .

Winter activities. . . .

Make Your Own Grow Your Own
So while I've been waiting for Spring, I've been making my own.
Making my own what thou may ask?
Well winter season is knitting season for me. And what better thing to make than mittens.
Yep, I bet you're very smitten with the idea of a mitten.  No?
Well here's my first pair. . .

Who's thinking about. . .

Well, it's winter and it's finally cold outside believe it or not. So I guess it's time to pull out the seed catalog and start the wish list.

What's on your list this year?