Spring Is in the Air

We've been very busy as the temperature shifted dramatically from Wintry Cold to Warm Spring. While the Hawks wafted overhead in "kettles" (or high circles) as they migrated North, the Humans reported the following happenings on Butterfly Hill Farm. In the last 3 days, we've been:

• Planting Peas (Shell-6 rows, Snap-3 rows, Green Arrow-4 Rows) for a whopping (we hope) total of 315 Feet. We shall work very hard to make sure the Weeds do not take over, which is what happened last year.
• Jumping from a big Snake (a Prairie King Snake). The higher Richard jumped the bigger it got.
• Planting Onions. So far, the total is 900 Plants, at 255 Feet of Row. We have a little more to plant from the Onions that we grew from Seed.
• Planting 400 Trees (including Norway Spruce, White Pine, White Oak, Burr Oak, Swamp White Oak, River Birch, Persimmon, Pecan, Elderberries, Chokecherries, Carolina Buckthorn). We had a Family Meeting to discuss priorities. Richard gave special attention to developing a wind break along the south side of the Drive. We still have a few Pecan, Currants, and Hazelnuts to plant. And today, we found out that Kristina has Chokecherries that sound like they are similar to those we had Up North. We are excited. Richard made quite a reputation for himself with the Jam that he developed. We will be thrilled to be able to do that here. Stay tuned.
• Planting Parsnips and Radishes.
• Digging Catnip to share with Friends.
• Getting the Lawn Mower ready for the Summer. Surely Humans were intended to do something more than mow Lawn. Is there a way we can mow less Lawn?
• Tending Seedlings, Seedlings, and more Seedlings.
• Filling every possible space with Seedlings and Plants. We don't need a Green House. We live in a Green House.
• Taking some of the Little Seedlings outside during the Day. Checking them carefully to make sure they are not too windblown, too sunburned, too dried out.
• Designing a written piece on growing Cabbages which puts together significant pieces of information that I have gleaned.
• Separating 111 Cabbage Seedlings and getting them ready to distribute to 11 Families on Wednesday.