He's been putting in quite the hours on the front veranda
we decided lattice will work fine along the bottom part for railing...
because as this little hen will demonstrate to you...
if we don't have a way to keep out chickies...
we will get to step on what they leave behind
not exactly good companions for front porch conversations
so, chickies...
you are seeing the last of your crossing over days to the other side of the cottage...
using our veranda as a bridge to your foraging journeys
David Goodman of thesurvivalgardener.com blog gave us some kale seeds...
a few years ago
I sowed them in seed trays then transplanted the seedlings under papaya trees...
in the vegetable garden
(they take on a lovely glow in the sunshine)
this is the result of those seeds...
and I am well pleased with them
so, of course, I am now harvesting the seed pods as they dry on the plant...
(you can see a tiny seed inside one of the pods below in my hand)
because I will be planting lots more of these
thank you, David!
I've been working on growing my herbs
and so far, so good
even a couple of stevia seeds grew for me...
and once again, I will be harvesting the seeds for more sowing
I am a bit mystified as to what plant this is
it grew along with one of my seedlings and looked so much like a strawberry plant...
I decided to leave it alone and see what it turns out to be
it looks like strawberry but is not growing tendrils like one
if you know what it is, I'm all ears
and because we do get a dry season during the year...
my husband has set up a watering system for the garden and fruit trees
he took pvc pipes...
hooked them up to come down from the river...
(we are able to use gravity for this)
down into our garden...
put a shut off valve on it and a faucet...
fastened two long water hoses onto the faucet...
and voila!
we are able to take that very long hose wherever it's needed...
and give our trees some nice long drinks of nutritious river water
we don't have to worry the water will run out or cost us monies...
because the springs from the mountains does all the supplying...
for free
we like that
of course, with dry hot weather...
the watering system for the chickies is not forgotten
I've got three in various areas for their convenience
we've been eating quite a bit of papayas lately from our trees
this particular tree...
has got some of the biggest papayas we've had yet...
and they aren't ready to pick still
the milk supplies have not dwindled in spite of dry season
it helps to have free range goats that know where to forage
and even though she is a goat...
Darla's little doeling, Sochi, has become quite a ham
she thinks she ought to be part of the action...
to make sure she gets a bit of attention, too
the fun part of homesteading
May your day or night find peace in the grace of the Lord.
