A Day at the Farm Jan 22, 2012

Quick trip to the farm to check on things.

• Pulled weeds everywhere.


• The Erlicheers are beginning to bloom. They have the sweetest smell of anything I grow with the exception of the Noisette roses.


• I spent quite a bit of time pulling up seedlings that were growing around my bulbs. Bulbs don't like to fight for space. I find they won't bloom if they are overwhelmed with other plants. I don't like pulling up plants of any kind! I feel like they're my babies.


• I watered the citrus trees in the Greenhouse.


• I watered here and there.


• All the crocuses have emerged. All the Byzantine Glads have emerged. I'm still waiting on the the Spanish Bluebells to pop up that I just planted. The ones I planted last year are already up.


• Worked in the Vegetable Garden for a while. Took home mustard greens to put in a soup.


• The radicchio is beginning to go to seed. That's good. The bees like the flowers, and there is almost nothing blooming anywhere else.