Spring Cleaning…or what I did during Spring vacation!

For spring break/vacation some people to go Hawaii, some go to Florida while others go to Puerto Vallarta. What did I do? I stayed home to work on the farm!!! Farmer Jeff and I have taken time off this spring to…work!

I have trimmed the roses, picked all of the dreaded black spotted leaves off of the plants, weeded, mulched, watered and generally spruced them up! That was the job of the weekend. The next job was…drum roll please…mucking out the chicken coop and pressure washing the mesh covers for the poop bins. AAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!! I took 3 showers that day. It also didn’t help that it was hotter than heck that day…and muggy. Oh brother, did I STINK!!! It is one of those jobs that has to be thoroughly done every 6 months. Thank God I put down linoleum flooring in the coop! It makes it SO much easier to clean! Could someone please tell the rats to quit eating it?

The next big job has been working on the paths. We are laying down these great “tan” colored dividers that interlock and will help to create a very finished looking path. Farmer Jeff is very particular about the look of his paths…so we will, without a doubt, be using the level, once again. I swear, that man is so German…although my family is the one that has closer ties to the old country. Oh well…it does appeal to my Swiss sense of order to have everything level and lined up! I can’t help it, either!!!

We are also working to put down a new patio flooring under the pole barn in the outdoor kitchen. That will be such a cool (literally!) place to be! I can imagine being out there during storms in the winter, just hanging out and watching the rain! Now we just have to convince the dogs that they will be dry under the cover, instead of having them burrow under the house!

While I have been working on all of my projects, Farmer Jeff has been busy at work planting the pasture land next door. He has planted the rest of the cherry and roma tomatoes, corn, green beans, swiss chard, collard greens, pickling cucumbers, peppers, 5 different kinds of “zucchini-like” squash, butternut squash, melons and…I think I am forgetting one…

We have decided to take off a week in the spring, a week in the summer and perhaps a week in early fall just to stay home and work in the garden. Sounds like heaven to me!