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You might think all the rain and wind meant I could sit inside and ponder life while the soil was too wet to plant or work in, but no, there were seeds to start inside (mainly of plants that I put out too early hoping different frost covers would be enough but nope!), website updates to complete, emails to respond to, muddy floors to clean, and food to prep and store away for when the rains clear and it go, go, go! I did manage a few hours to read snuggled up under some blankets with Hella and a hot cup of tea. This week there will mainly be some Tulips available as the Daffodils are pretty much done for. The microgreens will be a little short on variety as I ran out of my usual soil mix and had to make do with a different brand that basically hindered all germination. But I hoofed it over to Kalispell to get my usual and sowed extra for next week! It only affected the Mild and Spicy Mixes, so it's a great week to try the Pea and Sunflower Shoots. This is the absolute last week for the Yard Sale items so if you need a mug, bowl, or fancy plate snatch it up before it all gets spread around to the thrift stores!  With all the rain the river is running high!  The rain also makes all the wormies, big and small, seek out drier spots, like under tarps, feed bowls, and chicken huts, as well as in the driveway!  That also means the hens are extra eager to get out and gobble up those worms  But when it's sunny and warm out and the worms are well underground, there is nothing left for a hen to do but bask in all that tummy-filled with worm glory!  Looks like someone had a whoopsie daisie in the wind the storm brought! This is the future farm stand and it is a sturdy thing! Once it gets topside up again, a few braces will help keep it that way  There are a variety of covers I use for many cops to protect them from the cold, but this one is new and it's for bugs! itty bitty flea beetles mainly which like to chomp on things like radishes, turnips, and arugula but this stretchy, finely woven mesh keeps them out! Two of the final Tulips are Dodogne, a spicy peach/tangerine, and Ivory Floradale, a ghostly creamy white!  Sometimes, especially with the Parrot Tulips, they grow a baby side shoot just above the bottom leaf. It's like a tiny extra flower for all the other creatures to enjoy! I usually like to leave a few blooms in the field, sometimes because I was too late to harvest or they weren't quite worth it to use as a cut flower (short stem or funky blossom) but others find use in them like these little spiders that live in flowers, lying in wait for a pollinating insect to stop for a meal only to become a meal themselves!  The lilies are trying to outpace the weeds!  And Hella practices her best gargoyle pose next to the 'big rock' that has lived on the porch steps since we placed it there a few year ago. As soon as it was there, it was like it always was there and should never be moved. What's available this week?
Where to find it all?
I'll be at the Farmers Market at Libby, this Thursday from 3-630pm! I'll be at the Troy Farmers Market, this Friday from 330-630pm!
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AuthorI'm Farmer Megan with a life full of cackles, clucks, quacks, weeds, crazy kitten, and one tiny, senior, blind dog. Archives
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