Pioneer Woman at Heart

Hubby told me last Tuesday, the he reserved a lift for Easter weekend. I was shocked. This is my best friend this morning - coffee.  We've been sleeping pretty good, and will be for a week or two yet.  Grab a cup of your favorite beverage.  This is a rather long post.

My herb garden is getting a good cleaning, and I'm adding new herbs (and ones I simply haven't planted again).  Many went into pots .   I learned homestead lesson #247 (that's a sarcastic made up number):  don't plant lemon balm directly into your herb garden.  It has roots like cement and spreads quickly. I purchased my herb seeds from three different sources this year - High Mowing, Baker Creek, and Horizon.

The last two years have been not so good with planting new bushes, and grape plants.  Between having those two trips south, then a flooding of rain, most new plants we planted died.  And after two to three years of attemp ting to grow blueberries, we know we cannot (limestone). Since then the new red raspberry bushes are taking flight (thankfully).  The cherry tree looks great too. I've purchased three new grape plants ( for jam s/jell ies, juice and wine) and we are using Grit Magazine's "plan" to put them in (for a starter arbor).