spring work

The potatoes are here - and it is almost time to plant them in the collective garden. My seedlings are coming up and our thoughts are turning towards the home gardens too. Here are some of the chores we'll accomplish in the next 7 days:

1. edge the front flower garden, rake out the leaves, order mulch
2. bring the patio furniture out, fill the flower pots with soil and plant some pansies for now
3. construct the cold frame for the annual transition of seedlings from indoor lights to outdoor chill
4. muck out the cow stall and the near side of the paddock and create a new manure pile
5. move the old manure piles to the raised beds of the vegetable garden, rototill the lower garden to get it ready for the potatoes
6. get ready to cull the old laying hens to make room for the new flock of red sex links, due in a week.
7. plant lettuce, kale, snowpeas, potatoes, and beets in the garden
8. ask Farmer Hayes to come and till the collective garden to allow us to plant potatoes, organize a couple of planting and field work days with the group, and get the summer weekend watering/weeding schedule together, plan a potluck