Gardening and hatching eggs.... Two of my spring time favorites.

It's been rather rainy these past few days.

Our garden is growing!  I spent most of the day on Tuesday weeding the rows and pulling up Jerusalem artichokes.  Those guys really take over if you don't keep them under control!  We started out with 1 row about 15 feet long.  We ended up with the "row" growing about 10 feet wide.  The poor potatoes were in the shade!  Not any more.

This year we have cucumbers, zuchinni, crook neck squash, bell peppers, cayanne peppers, 5 variety of heirloom tomatoes, mixed greens, 1 candy roaster squash (this plant grows VERY large), 4 varieties of melon, rhubarb, asparagus, and garlic.

I put 37 eggs in the incubator back on May 1st.  They started hatching yesterday.  So far, we have 4 little cheepers in there.  I have the brooder set up, and will get them in it this morning.

It was really chilly when I got up this morning, 45F.  Yesterday, we broke the record lowest high daily temperature.  Our high was 60.  Geeze.  It will warm up a bit this weekend, and more rain is in the forecast.

I finished knitting a merino wool/silk lace shawl for my neice-in-law to wear when she marries my nephew next week.  I think it came out very well.

John did some brush hogging and mowing.  Josh mowed the yard.  I got the flower beds under control.  Our place is looking pretty good!

Getting back into blogging.

I haven't been inspired to write lately....  I felt like I was boring people.  Is anyone interested in what I'm cooking today?  Did they care about my flower and veggie garden?  My pets?  My knitting? 

I enjoy my lifestyle very much.  I'm blessed to be in a position to spend my days with my husband and son.  We enjoy each other's company.  We get along well.  We each work on our projects.  If we're working on something together, we communicate well.  No raised voices (except to yell NO!!!! at the dogs when the UPS truck comes). 

So anyway, here's what's been going on here.

My elbow and hand are slowly recuperating after surgery earlier this year for carpal tunnel and ulnar nerve compression.  My right arm and hand are still numb.  This makes me even more awkward than I was because of my Parkinson's.  This is frustrating!  I have cuts and scrapes on my hand & I have no idea I've hurt myself.  It takes me longer to do my crafts.  Hand sewing and beading are very slow... Fingerweaving is also very slow.  Kumihumo isn't really effected, as I can use my left hand to move the threads.  Spinning is a bit slower, but not too bad.  Knitting and crochet are slower, but I am completing projects.

The flower beds are all weeded, the veggie garden is planted.  We've been harvesting asparagus and mixed salad greens.  Tomatoes, squash, melons, cucumbers, bell peppers, potatoes, rhubarb and Jerusalem artichokes are up and growing.  The fruit trees have fruits growing, as do the berry bushes.  That makes me happy.

Both dogs are healthy.    Our cat, Rusty, died in January.  This made me very sad.  I miss him.

We lost a hen and a rooster this past winter.  I also gave a trio away.  So, we're down to a Rhode Island Red trio, a Black Copper Maran hen and a Brahma Cochin hen, a trio and another pair of duckwing bantam, and a pair and a trio of guinea fowl.  A grand total of 5 large chickens, 5 bantam chickens and 5 guinea.  I do have eggs in the incubator.  They should hatch on the 21st. 


Our granddaughter, Ariel, will be spending the summer with us again this year.  I really enjoy our time together.  She's growing up so fast.  She's 12 this year.  Not a little girl anymore.  The past 10 years have really flown by.