Spring Planting and Hatching

Seeds and weeds aplenty!

Spring is a busy time on the farm, here's a quick summary about what we've been up to:

• Prepare the soil for planting
  
• Plant 250 tomato plants, 150 sweet and hot peppers, 50 basil plants
  
• Drive 125 stakes in the ground to support all of the above
• Plant ginger, artichokes, corn, cucumbers, squash, beans, dill, watermelons, cantaloupes, celery
  
• Install new drip-line irrigation
• Tying up the fast growing tomato plants
• Mulch tomatoes
  
• Weed, weed, weed
  
• Run to the chicken house to check on the baby chicks

Here are some pictures documenting our progress

Sue planting beans

1st load of straw to mulch tomatoes

Mike taking a selfie with the drip-line

3 heirloom corn varieties planted for chicken feed

And finally, here is a video of 4 of the baby chicks that have hatched. The first of the chicks hatched on Cinco de Mayo. We have 5 hens sitting on eggs right now so we should have many more soon!

Thanks all y'all!
Sue & Mike