Heather's Garden 07/25/2009
 These stacked tires make great planters for potatoes...they seem to like them anyway!   This is the raised bed gardens with chipped bark between the beds. The neat compost bins in the background are constructed from wooden pallets. On the right, the first raised bed is turnips and herbs (I have Heather at my side at the moment..filling me in!), the second bed is parsley, dill, and cilantro, and the third bed with the red leaves are beet greens and swiss chard. In the far back, are the carrots...   This is the large tilled garden growing various veggies...beets, rutabagas, turnips, beans, broccoli and cauliflower....and a few weeds (she said that, not me!). The greenhouse (otherwise known as the hoop-house) is also now sporting its new cover as of this past weekend...and will soon house tomatoes, watermelons, and possibly a few cucumbers. It will serve double-duty this winter to house Heather's laying hens as well.  Now rounding the corner from the west side of the house, we have Hope, the Jersey milk cow and two Jersey calves picketed out here...   ...along with several chicken tractors housing broiler chickens, turkeys, and the laying hens. Heather did have some guinea chicks this Spring as well...unfortunately they disappeared into the woods never to be heard from since. So if you happen to spot some guinea hens that look really lost....  Children, chickens, turkeys, horses, gardens, greenhouses, calves & cows... You'll find it all... At the Dows! : D  CommentsHeather Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:55:01 Wow! Thanks for the blog post. Lovely pictures! Too bad you got that terribly log siding in one. We are slowly but surely replacing those with cedar shingles. Hopefully we can get one more side done this summer. Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:35:27 The shingles will be lovely! But I have to say....I still love the rustic logs, too! Beautiful! And yes! My computer time is greatly limited for the time being...but I hope to get a post up on Babycakes soon! She was such a little trooper, wasn't she! Thanks so much, Heather, for all your help...and moral support!! : D mom Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:32:19 LOVED the lovely tour--so much accomplished that takes so much time to make happen & with summers so SHORT. What A good idea to use the "hoop house" for hens in the winter. How is it warmed? And the wood pallets DO make a neat compost container! Will melons, cucumbers, etc., have time to mature, or does the greenhouse make that possible? Leave a Reply |  A Winter Journal
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