SPRING!!!

As I continue working on the multitude of details getting the greenhouse ready, Mrs. Barn’s flower garden, carved out of the rocky hillside next to the cabin, has erupted in an explosion of colors as the poppies have burst onto the scene.  In a couple months the daylilies will emerge, and in between will be a host of other rainbows of flowers I know nothing about beyond appreciating their beauty.  To say that she revels in the beauty of nature and especially flowers would be an understatement.  Today is our annual Mrs. Barn’s Birthday Safari to Millmont Gardens to load up with beautiful plants.  She has free reign to get whatever she wants, the space in the back of the CRV being the limiting factor.

As for the greenhouse itself, we have begun to finalize the interior layout and some seedlings are underway.   I have removed much of the construction supplies and tools, bringing a sense of order to the space.  Lately we have been scouring the University of Youtube to garner the best information on building self-watering planters.

We have passed through asparagus season, having freshly-picked shoots with almost every meal for more than a fortnight.  The bed is now proceeding to the “bush” phase and in short order the asparagus bushes will be 8-10 feet high.  She says this is the key to an established perennial asparagus bed, and since it has worked here for two decades I rely on her judgement.

I can just now glimpse returning to the workbench on the horizon.  First project is to make a new, sturdier cover for the hydro capturing trough that a bear (?) tore up last autumn.