Post by roziedozie on Feb 25, 2015 10:03:20 GMT -5
Howdy. Thanks for reminding me about this forum. Always have enjoyed talking gardening with folks. Here's an update on what's happening in "my" world. (all about me, me, me. LOL!)
We're still farming away here in the Piedmont of S.C., working hard every day. We've added the beginnings of a milk goat herd and also laying hens, honey bees and a guardian dog (Great Pyrenees) to our 'family' and are still raising food for folks. This is HARD work, let me tell 'ya', much harder than it sounds when you are sitting around a fireplace dreaming about 'the farm'. But there is absolutely nothing better than homegrown food and it's worth every single sore muscle and pair of muddy barn shoes. We've collected eggs all winter, every day, and hope to raise some biddies this spring. We will have our first taste of honey this year and will breed our goats. In the meantime, we buy raw goat milk from our neighbor and are practicing cheese and soap. Have a long way to go on THAT one.
Finally, after way too long without one, we're buying a NEW tractor. It will make all the difference in the world and will allow us to expand our pasture so we can get more critters.
The weather here has been lousy this whole month and the wind blew away our well house and knocked down all of the filters. We will have to build another one when the weather clears up and in the meantime our well water tastes like a rusty pipe, but that's ok.
We let the garden lie fallow all fall and winter, and haven't been able to plant anything yet because of the rain and general nasty weather. Hoping for some 'spring' soon, as are most people by now. We've had it a lot better than some.
Still learning how to grow veggies in this climate. Diseases LOVE it here; all kinds of interesting ones we never had to deal with in Texas. Still love the heirlooms, but it will take more than a few years of seed saving and selection to get some disease resistance built into our seeds. In the meantime, we're planting some disease resistant hybrids to carry us over. Some things, like okra and green beans and peppers do really well, but potatoes, tomatoes, squash, etc., are just disease magnets.
Well, that's about it for us here at Plum Joy Farm. You can check us out on Facebook at Plum Joy Farm and see some pictures of what we are doing. I'm Rozie Dozie there, too. Looking forward to catching up with the good folks here. Hoping for some time later in the week for a good 'visit'. Also want to ask about Elderberries and a few other things...
We're still farming away here in the Piedmont of S.C., working hard every day. We've added the beginnings of a milk goat herd and also laying hens, honey bees and a guardian dog (Great Pyrenees) to our 'family' and are still raising food for folks. This is HARD work, let me tell 'ya', much harder than it sounds when you are sitting around a fireplace dreaming about 'the farm'. But there is absolutely nothing better than homegrown food and it's worth every single sore muscle and pair of muddy barn shoes. We've collected eggs all winter, every day, and hope to raise some biddies this spring. We will have our first taste of honey this year and will breed our goats. In the meantime, we buy raw goat milk from our neighbor and are practicing cheese and soap. Have a long way to go on THAT one.
Finally, after way too long without one, we're buying a NEW tractor. It will make all the difference in the world and will allow us to expand our pasture so we can get more critters.
The weather here has been lousy this whole month and the wind blew away our well house and knocked down all of the filters. We will have to build another one when the weather clears up and in the meantime our well water tastes like a rusty pipe, but that's ok.
We let the garden lie fallow all fall and winter, and haven't been able to plant anything yet because of the rain and general nasty weather. Hoping for some 'spring' soon, as are most people by now. We've had it a lot better than some.
Still learning how to grow veggies in this climate. Diseases LOVE it here; all kinds of interesting ones we never had to deal with in Texas. Still love the heirlooms, but it will take more than a few years of seed saving and selection to get some disease resistance built into our seeds. In the meantime, we're planting some disease resistant hybrids to carry us over. Some things, like okra and green beans and peppers do really well, but potatoes, tomatoes, squash, etc., are just disease magnets.
Well, that's about it for us here at Plum Joy Farm. You can check us out on Facebook at Plum Joy Farm and see some pictures of what we are doing. I'm Rozie Dozie there, too. Looking forward to catching up with the good folks here. Hoping for some time later in the week for a good 'visit'. Also want to ask about Elderberries and a few other things...