Sorry for the lack of postings. These past two weeks have been very busy with all of the planting that needs to get done. May 8th we planted half an acre of potatoes all by hand. So far in the gardens we have turnip, snow peas, peas, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbages, green onions, carrots, beets, swiss chard, radish and lettuces. The rain that we received yesterday seemed to do wonders for the germination of the seed. The snow peas, pod peas, turnip, radish, lettuces, beets and broccoli are all up. It is such a wonderful feeling to see the little green seedlings popping up in a neat row.

During the last week we transplanted 30 rhubarb plants that a neighbour generously gave us well as some thornless raspberry canes. We have tripled the size of our blackberry patch. There were over 100 asparagus plants planted as well.

We have started to put the sheep out to pasture in the afternoons. It always turns out to be a family affair trying to get them our to the pasture and then back in again. The girls love it and they get to help with an important job. They are scared they are going to lose one of their baby lambs.

May 17th was our fourth market day. Each weekend is busier than the last. We have been selling out each saturday. There has been a steady interest in our CSA program. Even though we are full for this season we are still taking names for next year. It is our hope that as we see how the gardens are progresssing we may be able to take on more members later in the season.

JG