Farmer Joe has been diligently working in the yard all spring. Some of his hard work is starting to come to fruition. We've got sprouting pumpkins, cucumbers, and squash. You can see the sprouts in this above picture if you look closely at the stakes in the ground. You can also see a ton of neatly stacked firewood in the background. Farmer Joe works as a lumberjack with his chainsaw and axe in the offseason. He has successfully stocked the woodpile for next winter with his blood, sweat, tears and the generosity of Craigslist. It will simply season all summer long while he takes a break to farm.
Our lettuce, spinach, green beans, and lillies (all pictured above) are doing more than just sprouting. Today we harvested some lettuce for dinner salads and shared some of the bounty with one of our neighbors. The lillies will be flowering in the coming days, too, but it will still be sometime before the beans begin producing.
The years have given Farmer Joe some wisdom, so this year he planted a second crop of beans, lettuce, and spinach (first three rows) a few weeks behind the other crop. By staggering the planting, it is our hope to have this delicious produce well into the late summer months.
Farmer Joe and his assistants have also been hard at work pulling weeds and planting pansies, herbs, and tomatoes around the yard. We have noticed some sprouts of thyme, oregano, basil and rosemary already in the herb garden (see below). A promising start. Hopefully, we'll be able to actually have an herb garden this year instead of the traditional neglected weed patch that Farmer Joe's assistant normally manages. In an unusual display of commitment she's promised to upkeep the garden more than once a season this summer.
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