Springy Springy, Weathers Dingy

Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.
Elizabeth Bowen

First of all, sorry about missing last week, but things were pretty hectic.  Our piano player Miss Lila died early Monday morning and the funeral was Wednesday.  It was a very good send off and she would have liked it.  There was mountains of food, as befits a southern funeral.  Then I had to get the music done for Sunday and the preacher didn't call til 9 pm so I chose some on my own.  But the ones I wanted only had organ.  After the service, I was told, in no uncertain terms, by our friendly neighborhood organic farmer not to do THAT again.  Sheesh.  You can't please all of the people all of the time.

Anyhoo, here we are again.

It was 75 degrees today.  The peach trees are budding, the blueberries are putting out and the bugs are thriving.  We will probably get another freeze before it is all over so I probably not get any peaches.

The stuff I have planted so far is starting to come up.

the onions are running

my tiller was on the fritz so I turned the soil and made the onion rows the old fashioned way, with a hoe.  My hands have gotten soft over the winter so I got a hefty blister, even with gloves.  It was glorious.

Tom...

toms

The tomatoes sprang up literally overnight, and were there this morning.

let us

collards

cabbage

The lettuce, the cabbage and the collards pretty much look the same at this stage.

last years beets

I was very surprised to find out that beets are perineals.  I obviously can't use the bottoms any more, but the greens are very good, so I spaced them out and left them.

carrots, bok choy and leeks

The carrots, bok choy and leeks are new to me this year.  We'll see how they do.

garden pea(king)

And, the peas are starting to come up.

I got the tiller back today and will try it out this weekend.

In the meantime, I've got to calk Nancy's pump house tomorrow, arrange Gmar's taxes, depoop the chicken house (my eyes were burning when I collected the eggs this afternoon).  Bad ME.  Clean my room and bathroom, wash the stinky dog, prep my green team lesson, do the music for Sunday, straw in the onions, file some paperwork, and take time to add 5-6 more things to the list.

But I still love the country.

Closing with chick flick:

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