We’ve had some logs fall over the winter and in last years storms so it’s time for some firewood and other projects! The hubby really likes cutting wood.
Here we have started a compost area next to some of the gardens we are starting.
One of the hard parts about working on vacant land even as small as 20 acres is the amount of walking and moving things you have to do. The tractor has been one of the vest investments we made. It was used and it isn’t big but it does the job.
Chickweed!
The berries are getting so close!
Can you guess? I bet some of you in the south know?
Peanuts.
More bees!
After several years with no deer in the yard at the suburban homestead, the deer have found me! Ack!!
The deer found the few plants that I didn’t spray with garlic and onion spray. They came in two days later and ate the tops of my beets too. Naughty things!!
These snowball bushes took a beating several years ago when heavy snow broke a lot of the top branches down and then the mice had a hay day all winter. They are finally back to their splendor. I love when they are blooming.
Last fall we decided to put a berm up by the road to combat the dust and gravel that gets tossed into the yard. The mound is full of many things, all of them are quite hardy. Daisy, Lilly of the Valley, Black Eyed Susan, Day Lily, Spider Wort and more. It turned out so much nicer than we thought it would.
Beets! I love beets and greens…so yummy.
The first pepper!
Let the jungle begin! These are only two weeks apart!
A vacant land update. This area was overtaken by raspberries. You couldn’t even walk and they were as tall as me. We brush hogged them and planted rye. The rye has done a really good job at holding back the wild blackberry and raspberry. Don’t worry I still have plenty for wild foraging!
The fruit trees at the vacant land are struggling due to drought so I have had to go back to hand watering them. You can see the signs of stress.
A little raspberry patch we have left. I will also grow some cultivated breeds in a patch.