IN THE GARDEN.

This past week, we:Started the sweet potato slip bed. We save the best shaped sweet potatoes all winter, bury them under sand and then cover it with wire mesh and a plastic tarp. Once the bed heats up and the potatoes start to sprout we will remove the plastic. These little sprouts are what we plant to get sweet potatoes! We potted up tomatoes into 4 - inch soil blocks (since they are getting too big for the smaller blocks, but it is still too cold to plant them). Jesse and I put up plant variety markers in our own garden. We cut up our seed potatoes and planted nearly a quarter acre. Yukon Gold, Kennebec, and Red Lasoda. And tonight it is supposed to FROST! Oh, spring.- Hannah.

ON THE HUNT.

We've been mushroom hunting like crazy lately. We heard that morels have been found in our county, and the kids and Jesse and I spent a long day searching for them. We mostly ended up with fiddlehead ferns. What about you - has anybody been so lucky yet?  

THIS & THAT.

Some random photos from the past week.The quince is in full bloom. Charlie is in heat right now....so....this has been happening a lot. Mow and Hannah hanging out in the woods.We may be off-the-grid, but our handy radio lets us keep up with our wildcats. GO BIG BLUE! Transplanting lettuce before the rain.

SHEEP SHEARING.

On Thursday, we helped Cher shear her Shetlands (tongue twister!) Jesse and I still have a dream of our own wool sheep, so it was fun to get some experience. The kids gathered around while they took breaks from hunting for fiddlehead ferns and morels. It was a long day filled with sore backs, but a day spent with the Bugtussle family is a day well spent.- Hannah.