Running Hen Microfarm : Two non-farmers' experiment in sustainable living in Shepherdstown, WV

more spring chores…

May 21, 2010

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(Past) time to repair mowers & chipper-shredder

Kitchen paths restructured...spinach, lettuce and leeks planted & mulched with straw, March 28

More Busy Spring!!!!

May 20, 2010

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , — Ruth @ 8:01 pm

We’ve been up to our eyes in busyness…spring is that way.

Here are some more photos from March:

potting soil made from worm castings, sand, compost, peat

Rain garden at night in the rain...dug down a couple of feet & filled with mulch & rocks. It filled up with water and didn't overflow.

Spring is busy!

Filed under: Uncategorized — Ruth @ 7:53 pm

(originally posted in March) As you can see, spring has been busy.  We have several seedlings going indoors as well as peas, lettuce, spinach, parsnips, parsley, carrots and leeks planted outside.

We’ve also planted 3 plums and 2 apples and have ordered more fruit trees to supplement what we already have.

Seedlings of leeks, broccoli, cabbage, lemon balm, creeping thyme, basil...to the right is a bay leaf "tree"

seedlings of tomatoes, and (not pictured) peppers, butterfly weed, rosemary, lovage, salvia, artichokes

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