A Time to Plant - Sod, Etc.

Things never stand still. We are on the roller coaster ride we call life now and will be until we go to be with God. We are constantly in a cycle that is aptly described in the third chapter of Ecclesiastes, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.”

Right now, it is a time to plant! Things are turning green at Four Sisters Farm! Some of it naturally, and some of it by owner design. Some good, some bad. We have grass growing (good), weeds everywhere (bad), radishes peeking up from their row in the garden (good), and did I say weeds everywhere? Yeah – you get the picture. If there were such a thing as a “weed farm” we’d be a top producer! There are the spring bulb flowers popping up…some in strange places like around the perimeter of the well house and around the hedge apple tree nearby. Then there are the flowers and the yucca plant that apparently will grow even in crushed rock…where I don’t want anything but grass. We took matters into our own hands with our back and side yards this year. The farm hands came to help out and we laid down sod…ah…instant yard, instant gratification. Good stuff. Of course, there was all the prep work – like tilling the ground, rock removal, raking and more raking, etc. Pop and EJ even had to dig up a drainage system designed to handle rain water from the guttering that only served to wash out a portion of the back yard…now that is fixed too. I’m SO grateful that Pop knows how to do these things and that they need to be done. I’ve lived much of my life in a glorious and safe “bubble” of not knowing these things (much to Pop’s dismay).





We will enjoy the yard and the garden produce and revel in the way the Master Gardner (God) makes things grow. I will never get too old to marvel at the way God designed the reproduction of plants…real food from little bitty seeds…Good stuff.

"Putting Up" The Green Onions

Isn't that what country folk say? "Putting up the garden" Check out all our green onions!I washed them, dried them, chopped them up and then bagged them. The smell of that many green onions was stout! I was crying and they weren't tears of joy.Ready for the freezer! It's hard work being a farm wife....but who can come complain with such fantastic and happy help!

My Garden Must Be Cute...

I can't wait to get my little signs in the ground. Oh, that's right, there is supposed to be a blizzard tomorrow. Guess I better wait for a while.

A Bit of Flower Gardening

So we tore out all the elm trees that were about 2-4' tall, in this bed. It had not been maintained for 5+ years. There were probably 100+ trees in this bed. So we tore it out and then tilled it all up. Then Farm Chick took a box of wildflower seeds meant to be spread over 750 square feet and put it all here in about a 150-250 square foot area. So we'll have LOTS of flowers! Ok Farm Chick says that I have to take part in the blame of putting the seeds in there also...ok so I got carried away.