I've got sunshine....

It was a beautiful day today.

Birds are chirping away

I was able to go outside in just a light

spring jacket.  

And....

It's time to plant the seeds in my basement

grow-op.

Ya ya...don't worry the only thing I 

grow in there are tomatoes, peppers, 

pumpkins, flowers and squash.

This year I decided to try my hand at Echinacea.

A few years ago I saved seeds from my

flowers outside.  I knew they needed

stratification so I stuck them in the fridge

and promptly forgot about them till

last week.

Baby echinacea!

I planted the seeds and read in my seed book 

The complete guide to saving seeds which I 

recommend highly, if I did the correct thing.

Well I guess I didn't.  For echinacea I guess

you have to stratify the seeds, like I did,

but also plant them at a certain temperature for

two weeks, then another temperature

for another few weeks, howl at a waxing moon

while Haley's comet is in it's third orbit in the middle of

a snow  storm.  

Needless to say it's a snowball's chance in hell these are

going to germinate!

Well low  and behold!!  4  are popping out! I'm beyond

ecstatic and over that waxing moon I was supposed

to wait for.  

There's nothing better than whipping out a brand new pair 

of garden gloves. I recommend these ones

highly.  They are tough as nails.

The weather is so nice that the fan is going in the greenhouse.

So I figured that I'd give the greenhouse

a cleaning also.  We tried to get the water going

but it sprung a leak. There was probably a spot that

didn't drain and froze last winter. Dang.

One thing I did discover in the greenhouse

is if you plant marigolds, please take the seed heads

off the plants before the winter.

I don't think I'll  have to plant marigolds

this year...whoops.

Going to need some dirt in them thar beds.

Today was the  last sapping day.  We had a good run

but it's time to stop so we pulled all the splines out of the trees.

It was so nice today that I did a walkabout in our

backyard. My Hellebores is gorgeous, I'm so proud of them.

The goldfish all survived the winter except for one.

And I think Mr. and Mrs Duckworth are back!

Every year we have a mated pair of mallard

ducks that stay in our back yard  for a few  months

I chose to believe that it's the same 

pair  year after year, but since

they never show us their passports I can't be certain.

I tried taking a picture, but they were a bit camera shy.

If you look closely you can see Mr. Duckworth.

The bees are just a buzzing around and a bit cranky. 

So we're not bugging them too much these

days.  We need to give them some

pollen patties for a few weeks. 

The silver you see on the hive is insulation.

That will be coming off in a few weeks.

 Garlic is growing well. I hope we don't have the same problem as last year.

We had some type of bug chew little holes in most of it.

Didn't hurt it any,but it was unsightly

and we sell it. So we don't sell

products unless they're perfect

so we had a lot of left over garlic.

Well it's been a pretty productive day.

Tomorrow is chicken coop cleaning day

if the weather holds.

Have a Blessed evening

Lisa

And now panic sets in...

This is what a buck pen looks like when your husband doesn't properly lock it.

This is what a properly locked buck pen looks like.

This is what a Great Pyrenees' pen looks like.

This is what a Great Pyrenees' pen looks like when the buck's pen is not locked properly and someone has a ball, grabs the goat treats off the tippy top shelf and gets a bellyache.

Hmmm....is it this tiny little puppy that did this damage?

Or is it the face of innocence here?

Hmmm....I'd say both.

Well it's this time of the year when I start to panic. Especially this year.

It's the time of year when mating season is just about over, the does have not come in heat in 2 cycles, yet they still aren't showing.

So I begin to think...are they? or aren't they?

That is the question. Especially when you are using a young unproven buck. Not the smartest thing I've done in my lifetime. But I hope it will all be fine at Easter, cause that's when both are due.

Well I just couldn't help myself. I just couldn't. I broke down and I bought SEEDS!!!!

But I didn't order them. I had to go to Kentville yesterday and today (Dave was having surgery to fix the complications from the surgery of 3 weeks ago) so I went to the Country Store and bought SEEDS in BULK!!

But I controlled myself. I only bought gourds, pumpkins, peas, beets, carrots and I'm looking for a place to buy sunflower seeds in bulk.

It was time to deworm the dog tonight. First of all I just couldn't believe the price to deworm her. Just a few dollars shy of 50$$$!!! ACK!

All I have to say is try giving 3 huge pills to an 82 lb puppy that just wants to lick your face and play. Oh My WORD! It took five tries to get them in her mouth and to get them to stay in there. In hindsight, I should have brought in a few hotdogs. But that doesn't always work. We used to have a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling dog and we'd put the pills in the hotdogs, she'd gulp to whole thing then spit out the pills like we do with watermelon seeds!

So after that wrestling match with Tundra I'm now kinda pooped.

Well have a Blessed Day.

Lisa