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| My birthday gift from Art. A new, hand-made coop for the young ones! |
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| Since Nathaniel Hawthorn wouldn't let the chicks in the coop at night, Art built a new coop just for the wyandotte crew. Isn't it sweet?! |
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| May I introduce Sir William Shakespeare |
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| and Miss Louisa May Alcott. These two I'm pretty certain are correctly named according to their gender. The remaining 3 blue-laced red wyandottes are still a gender mystery to me, though my guess is that Louisa May could have 4 suitors in the coop. |
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| We've been busy transplanting many, many seedlings. Thankfully, we've had some family help |
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| The dahlia tubers are in (and staked) as well as the first planting of Gladiolus bulbs. |
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| Zinnia transplants round one. |
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| We had another fun market on Thursday with many returning customers and visitors. Thanks to all who returned our mason jar vases. |
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| One of our young customers shared with us that she put some of the viola blossoms in ice trays with water and made beautiful ice cubes. More alliums for next week and we're keeping our eyes on the peonies. |
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| Our first market day in Exeter. Thanks to all our customers and visitors. |
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| Though it was overcast the rain held off for the afernoon. |
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| Noami's mustard greens are on the left. Choi is just behind the sign. |
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| We grew Darwin, Parrot, Double, and Fringed Tulips this year. |
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| "Tahiti" daffodils look like splashes of sunshine after all this rain. |
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| Noami's Rhubarb Salsa recipe is dee-lish! |
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| The Lemon Balm smells (and tastes) heavenly. |
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| Bodhi blissfully enjoying the wood stove Art fired up for the chilly, wet week ahead. |
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| We had a trail riding posse come through the farm a few days ago. I tried to get a good pic of the 7 riders and their mounts heading down Barker Lane to the back fields and the river but this is the best I could do. |
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| Chicken-Tree-Pose. This and the simultaneous wing/leg stretch that looks kinda like Ardha Chandrasana (half-moon pose) seem to be regular chicken exercises. |
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| Look at this cutie. The Blue Laced Red Wyandotte chicks are now 4 weeks old. Here you can start to see the blue edge to their red feathers (hence "blue lace"). |
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| Rhubarb is here! And it's selling. |
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| Noami weeding her "Sprouted Acre." This was, perhaps, the last sunny day we'll have for over a week. |
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| One of Noami's many young cabbage plants. |
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| And potatoes are in! Seven varieties to look forward to. |
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| Dandelions blooming signal it is potato planting time. |
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| Hardening off mustard seedlings to be transplanted this weekend. |
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| "Tahiti" Narcissus. Our first blossoms. |
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| Momma Linda is here visiting and created this arrangement with our tulips. Very New Hampshire, mommy! |
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| We still have seedlings in the house. Peppers for bouquets, Chinese Lantern, Celosia, Sunflowers, and ornamental grasses. |
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| The 5 Blue Laced Red Wyandotte chicks are growing quickly. Still have no clue whether we'll end up with 5 roos or not. |
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| Mom and I planted the stock seedlings. That's Art's garlic and the newer raspberry canes in the background. |
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| Art pulled the old iron tub from the barn out for me to use to clean buckets, etc. He's also been hard at work pruning, trimming, and weeding the raspberries. Those are the dead canes in a pile for burning and that's Bodhi to the far left. |
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| Baby basil plants in the hoophouse. |
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| Noami's lettuce seedlings in the hoophouse. |
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| My temporary flower cooler is an old fridge in the market stall until the Coolbot air conditioner arrives for the space Art had built in the wood shop. |
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| And our tulip bunches wrapped for storage until our first market in 2 weeks! |
