So as you can see we've relocated where we blog. We want to keep everyone updated on what we are doing on the homestead and the last blog site was making it too difficult.
Our garden has been keeping us busy the last couple of weeks. We direct sowed our peas, onions, beets, and leafy greens into their appointed rows for this season. I'm super duper excited to see some of them sprouting from the ground. We transplanted our tomatoes into the garden but unfortunately either the deer or the darn squirrels got their grubby little paws on them. We are hoping that they grow back soon. My handy hubby put together a motion activated scarecrow to hopefully keep those critters out of the garden. Here's a link to our you tube video so you can see it in action here.
Yesterday we had quite a productive day on the homestead. We transplanted 14 cucumber, 8 zucchini, a few pumpkin and watermelon plants. To help them get established before any wildlife can get a hold of them we built frames around the cucumber and zucchini plants and then stretched chicken wire over the top. For the pumpkin and watermelon we built little chicken wire huts around them. For the frames we used old fencing a friend passed onto to us and plastic raised beds another friend didn't need anymore.
Our garden has been keeping us busy the last couple of weeks. We direct sowed our peas, onions, beets, and leafy greens into their appointed rows for this season. I'm super duper excited to see some of them sprouting from the ground. We transplanted our tomatoes into the garden but unfortunately either the deer or the darn squirrels got their grubby little paws on them. We are hoping that they grow back soon. My handy hubby put together a motion activated scarecrow to hopefully keep those critters out of the garden. Here's a link to our you tube video so you can see it in action here.
Yesterday we had quite a productive day on the homestead. We transplanted 14 cucumber, 8 zucchini, a few pumpkin and watermelon plants. To help them get established before any wildlife can get a hold of them we built frames around the cucumber and zucchini plants and then stretched chicken wire over the top. For the pumpkin and watermelon we built little chicken wire huts around them. For the frames we used old fencing a friend passed onto to us and plastic raised beds another friend didn't need anymore.
We also put up a shorter fence along one side of the fence that's around the garden. We've heard that deer can jump high and far but not at the same time so we are keeping our fingers and toes crossed that it's true and the small fence will keep them from jumping over. Our last task of the day was to mow and weed wack our front lawn/play area. Keep in touch for more updates on our homestead.
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