Spring has sprung?

We had a snowstorm blow through three days ago and dropped four inches of snow. Today I took this picture. Mother Nature is off her rocker.

Hello, Springtime! Love, Maggie

Spring seems to have finally clicked here in the NW, and this weekend I got an itch to start working outside and logging some really good yard work time. Since my gardening resources at home are limited, and last years 'crop' was a bit of a bust I decided to go with another route this year. I am planning to do a larger garden with some friends on their small family farm (which luckily is nearby) so I didn't need to really have veggies outside my door. Herbs, however, I use constantly. So having a small herb garden, and even a few tomatoes, made sense.

I (with quite a bit of help) threw together some wood boxes, and planted basil, mint, thyme, rosemary and parsley. I still have a bit of room in my planter boxes, and I'm hoping to find some good cilantro plants soon.

I'll post some pictures tomorrow!

Spring time

We finally seem to be getting some spring weather and so I thought some cute pics of baby animals are in order. I have decided to raise a few chickens for eggs this year. We got two Buff Orphingtons, two Rhode Island Reds, and two Barred Rocks.

What's with the weather?

Remember last week when I was complaining about the 3 feet of snow in my yard? Well we had to mow our lawn Monday! We usually skip spring and fall here, it is really weird. We went from frigid temps to 80 degree weather in a week! I have tulips and daffodils blossoming and tons of other flowers growing too. My trees blossomed overnight! Crazy stuff.