Blisters and blueberries

Miss M slept 7 hours last night, a first! She just turned 10 weeks old and it is always a treat when she sleeps in. I love this stage of her life but I do miss getting a full nights sleep.

I woke up with so much energy I made a big country breakfast: buttermilk blueberry pancakes with blueberry sauce and sausage. To be honest it was almost too much but it tasted so good.

Afterwards we got started on tilling the gardens and prepping them for the seedlings. It was hard-work, my poor hands are sore and I've got two big blisters (should have worn gloves, too late now) but the gardens are tilled. Not quite ready to go since we enlarged them and there was a lot of sod to get through but good enough for today. We'll give it a couple weeks for the sod and root wads to break down and then till again before planting the seedlings.

Only another week of classes and then finals. I'm glad we got the garden work done so I can focus on classes. Another year and I will have my AS in Business, then on to the university for my BS in Ag Business Management. :)

A New Beginning

Its been a long time coming but we have finally gotten started! Yesterday we planted seeds for our summer harvest: corn, tomatoes, several different squashes, bush beans, zucchini, melons, pumpkins, and much more. It felt so good to be getting my hands dirty after years of working in a cubicle. Miss M wasn't too interested but she is young yet. Next year no doubt she'll love getting all dirty.

Our goals are simple right now: grow healthy fruits and vegetables. The majority of our seeds are certified organic by Oregon Tilth but since we can't prove the land has been chemical-free we can't be certified organic...yet. That is on our list of goals.

It has been a cold, wet spring so we're not sure how well the gardens will do this first time out, but we are on our way!