Week #7 - Plant therapy

I hit it! I hit the wall! 

Even though this winter has not brought particularly bad weather... each February usually just after Valentines Day, I hit the "I'm totally done with winter wall!

On Monday our seed order came in and the urge to dig in the soil and plant something was palpable! The yearning for the smell of freshly turned earth and sunshine on my face was overwhelming. 

So yesterday, I turned to a little bit of plant therapy.... Got some pots out and some soil and started playing! Planted some herbs, lettuce, some spinach and some edible flowers. Put some calendula in as I'm hoping to use the petals to dye our soaps and violas to add to our salads. 

Can't wait to see the green shoots pop out of the rich dark soil, reaching for the sun. It's not the same as digging in the garden but it will have to suffice for now.... spring is just around the corner!

What do you do to get through the winter months? 

Dirty Deeds!

FFF Photo a Day - Day 64

We have a heavy clay soil in the Red River Valley. We have worked hard to cultivate a more welcoming soil for our veggies on our farm but this takes many years. 

For our seedlings we take our soil and mix it with Peat Moss. We generally mix a 50/50 blend. This helps the plants get off to a good start. 

Working harder or smarter?

FFF Photo a Day - Day 48

This is a bucket of our soil, well sort of. Usually in the fall we fill a number of buckets for us to use when we start seeds indoors when the snow is still on the ground. 

Someone neglected to fill all the buckets needed! Once in a while, Farmer Phil's follies is to work harder not smarter. Thus he will be out with a pick axe this week getting soil and a good upper body work out. 

But hey, who doesn't like a farmer with a muscular upper body??