14 to 80 in One Week
Early last week, we were looking at low temps. in the teens and highs around 40 degrees. Early this week, high temps. are pushing 80 degrees with lows in the 50’s…
Friday’s high is supposed to be around 40 degrees with rain… geesh.
Garlic Planting
We finally got our garlic planted. Close to a mile of garlic. The stuff Jenifer and I planted two weeks ago is already popping up out of the ground. We had some great help on Tuesday. Two of our working CSA share members, Jonathan and CJ, came out and helped pop open garlic bulbs into individual cloves for planting. If you have ever busted up a garlic bulb into cloves to use in your kitchen, that is what we were doing. 80+ lbs worth.
We have always planted garlic in the fall so this late winter planting is new ground for us. We will see how it goes.
It was sort of odd that we were spreading straw for the laying hens in the snow a week ago and this week we got sun-burned in 80+ degree weather planting garlic…
Snake!
I seen my first snake Monday walking back from the greenhouse to the house for lunch. It was a baby black rat snake wiggling across the driveway.
I engaged him in conversation and absolutely terrified him. Maybe he knew that I had killed a few of his kind. Baby black rat snakes are not black, but brown and dark brown. I had thought they were young copperheads in the past.
View the photos. Young Copperhead and young black rat snake.
Young Black Rat Snake
Young Copperhead
I shooed him out of the driveway into the leaves in the woods because their were loose hens roaming about. They would of loved to dine on the baby snake.
Which brings me to a point. I see egg cartons all the time touting that the chickens have been fed a vegetarian diet. Too bad for those chickens. Chickens are omnivores and will eat mice, snakes, bugs, etc. if given half a chance.
At least our chickens will, they are part of the food chain. They know the shadow of a hawk and realize they are not at the top of the food chain. We lose a few chickens to hawks and owls.
Speaking of snakes, I ran across this video a few years ago that involves cartoon badgers, mushrooms, and a snake. Ellie and Levi love watching it .The video loops and never ends so kill it before it drives you insane.
Name our Frog
We went to the Southern Garden show last Sunday and had a great time. We bought this re-cycled metal welded frog playing a fiddle. If I don’t forget,I will have it on my table Saturday. The sculpture reminds me of another farmer at the market who shall remain nameless….*cough*Donnie*cough*Cline*cough
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