Ms. Kei's Farm 2 Table

04/12/2023

Look at what we got done on Easter! We got the roof's cow panels cut and installed!

03/23/2023

First & Second Day of our New Spring 2023 Garden
AKA
The Rabbit Hole!

03/22/2023

02/05/2023

Wow, we're in the brighter side of winter now, and looking back, I can't believe it. I stopped bringing my phone outside with me because of the rain last season, and so much changed happened since our last photo.

We have two 24'x10'x7.5' greenhouses now. Each of them encompasses 2 of our garden rows. They're covered with plastic, and roughly supported. The first hard freeze came about 2 months early this year, and we lost time to build and secure before it got too wet and too cold to properly support it. Then the weather came.

We had everything growing, with the first harvest about a week away when on December 23rd, the freezing rain storm came. It was good overnight, but temps dove to -11*F and we lost all of it on Christmas Eve. I was so devastated by it that I couldn't even bring myself to post about this until now. All 56 corn plants, 5 Sunflower, peas, lettuce, beans, watermelon, pumpkins , squash...I just can't. It was all gone.

So what did I do? I, a first year plant mother for almost a year, started planting her seeds a month early this year, and bam! I'm so ready for a redo. 😂 I have over 300 seedlings, with more that haven't even germinated yet. And I'm not near done. I haven't planted half our greens, or any herbs. And I have a whole other 26'x13' area that will be dedicated to purely medicinal and culinary herbs! Not to mention all of our 5 gallon buckets!

But wait there's more...

But we went into the large greenhouses yesterday, and we still have carrots, turnips, collard greens, garlic, and onions growing! And OMG so many strawberries plants all came back!! So got to start prepping the greenhouses for our Spring Plantathon! Lol

Man I love this, and I can't wait to see what this new season brings!

10/17/2022

Creamy Tomato Basil Soup with a Grilled Cheese...or two. Lol Fresh basil, parsley, oregano, tomatoes, bell peppers, and onion are all from our mini garden!! Can't wait to be able to say that the garlic we used was from the garden too. Next year on those.lol Yum!!

10/03/2022

So this is what our garden looked like this morning. We have our Pea Trellis up! All row are filled with dirt, and roped off! All plants are put in the ground!!

We have a few trays worth of plants that we replanted. Because of how hot is was still was, they never germinated. :) Now with the cooler weather, we're going to see them grow in now time.

And finish installing the soaker hoses, we will be putting hay on top of a lot of these rows. Where ever the plants are big enough to not be smothered by it, the hay will keep them warm.

Got to get more trellises built! We need to w**d whack the second half of the garden. Then will come the wood mulch.

Oh and 2 greenhouses for the winter! Just a little bit left to do. Hahaha

10/01/2022

This was yesterday's achievements in the garden. Will post today's work this evening.

09/14/2022

We've just about finished screwing together the beds, and will be w**ding and laying the w**d barrier today...and the...dirt! Hopefully getting the rows roped off and the trellis for the Peas up too. Oh yeah...let's get some plants in the ground! Fingers crossed that the 2 hours class stretches to fit it all in!! 🤣

09/08/2022

Trying to get out as much as we can before we let it rest till Spring. Then we're going to turn this into a Medical/Culinary Herb Garden!
Here's some plants that are still trying to hold on...There's more, but they're quickly fading.