Planting time

I guess with the bee excitement of last week I have neglected to keep everyone up to date on the rest of the farm.  A week ago last Saturday I started planting more than my small "garden."  I planted two kinds of indian corn, sweet corn and giant sunflowers.  Last Thursday I planted three kinds of popcorn and a short little kind of sunflower called baby bear.

Then on Saturday I planted beets, carrots, spinach, green beans, broccoli and a couple kinds of peppers and tomatoes.

All I have left is the vine crops, pumpkins, watermelon, gourds, cantaloupe, and cucumbers.  I guess I would put pictures up, but pictures of dirt and seeds are tough to make interesting.  If I get my act together next week I'll try to take pictures of different things sprouting, that would make for more interesting photos.

I also planted two trees which reminds me that I should get some pictures up of my other project.  I am making a run down old hog barn more useful.  It was a open ended shed 120 feet long and 20 feet wide.  In front of this barn was a series of pens about 32 feet long and 16 feet wide.  I am tearing down half of the barn and reusing the wood and tin to make a new kennel for our dog Pumpkin.  This last spring her kennel was flooded severely and she ended up itching a lot which we blamed on her fur being wet all the time.

After I get that done I'm going to build a play house for the boys with the leftover lumber and tin.  So I get rid of an eyesore and make two more useful buildings.  Just a good all around feeling here on the Berkner farm this spring - plants growing recycling of an old building.  New life growing out of the old.