Applegarth Farm: I'm a Gardener Who Loves The Month of May

Monday, March 4, 2013

I'm a Gardener Who Loves The Month of May

In just a little over two months the garden will be growing again, the leaves will be new and lush, the honey bees will be buzzing again, and the flowers will be glowing... I can hardly wait for May and rhubarb pie! Last year I took this picture around the middle of May, and a couple days ago I put in on my computer as the background photo to give my gardener's soul hope for Spring. Today we woke up to a beautiful and sunny March 4th day, it's 32 degrees outside, and there is frost on the ground. The animals though are all thrilled to be in the sun and are lounging and soaking it up as much as they can. Which is exactly what I'm headed out to do, it's a great day to be working in the orchard, so I'm off to prune the apple and pear trees, and to plant the remaining young fruit trees.

6 comments:

LuckyRobin said...: How are your bees doing? You don't talk about them very much.; March 5, 2013 at 3:10 PM
Staci@LifeAtCobbleHillFarm said...: I adore May too. For us, however, it's the end of the snow melting an we're just beginning to prep the gardens for an end of May planting. The asparagus starts to grow as well as any carrots that I seeded in the Fall. We also give the coop a nice cleaning which always makes everything so much better. The girls get so excited as they supervise us while hunting for bugs. :); March 6, 2013 at 4:10 PM
Ann said...: Hi! I've nominated you for a Liebster Award! Check out my blog post tomorrow about it. :-); March 8, 2013 at 5:41 PM
J. VanDyke said...: Oh how we are dreaming of spring in MI this year. The snow is not only hanging on but still coming down. I getting concerned of the good possibility of overgrowning our small greenhouses before we harden off and transplant outside this year!
http://afamilyoutoftheordinary.com/2013/03/20/a-whole-new-journey-or-so-i-hope/; March 20, 2013 at 3:16 PM
Jewel said...: Thanks Frugal Hen for nominating us, I'll check you out.

J. VanDyke, I sure wish I had a greenhouse! Lucky you!! We've also had snow on the ground over the last week off and on, I'm so ready for it to go away. I hope we all get some sunny Spring weather soon!; March 21, 2013 at 11:16 PM
Jewel said...: Lucky Robin, Sorry I didn't respond to your question about my honey bees sooner. My bees swarmed last summer, one hive survived going into winter. Then I discover they didn't make it back in January. I took the hive down to clean it up.

We're ordering two more packages of bees that will be arriving around the third week in April. I'll be spending time working on the hives and cleaning them up over then next couple of weeks. Much more to talk about after they arrive and the hum of life is back in the garden again; March 21, 2013 at 11:26 PM

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Our goal here at Applegarth Farm is to raise children that play in the woods and gardens, and know where their food comes from. To feed the animals and care for their young, to gather eggs, and milk goats, to eat fruit off of trees, and berries from the bushes that we grow, and to eat from the gardens. We are working towards, and teaching them to be as self sufficient as best we can.

With the economy in the state it is, our plan has become even more important. Being able to live on less is one of our goals. Working from home, or close to home is another goal, and growing and harvesting most of our food is a big goal we've been working towards.

We live in a handbuilt home, our heat comes from the firewood we cut, and cooking is often done right on our woodstove. We grow a lot of our own food, and are building our home slowly with cash for materials, and the time to work on it. All of the buildings have been built over the years by my husband from trees grown and milled right on our farm, or from salvaged lumber.

The beginning years started here with no electricity or running water, and were lived in a small cabin, slowy building and clearing land. We are still trying to live as self sufficiently as we can. I am a homemaker and work part time in the nursery (plants and trees) business. We are raising children, tending animals, gardening and cooking from scratch.

Some of the topics you will hear about are; gardening, cooking, beekeeping, chickens, rabbits, building and timberframing. Along with some of my adventures in soapmaking, candlemaking, animal husbandry, plus the everyday of what's going on around the farm. Future building projects include a goat barn, a root cellar, and a pizza/bread wood fired oven. Come learn along with us, and share homesteading skills you are learning. I'm looking forward to meeting others that share a similar path that we're on, or simply others who dream of homesteading.