...bring May grass, hopefully! Flowers we've already got....
Once again Rick tilled up the middle pasture and seeded it, hoping to replace the weeds with quality forage. He did this last year at a time when we should have gotten more rain but didn't, and nothing germinated. Today we're getting some much-needed moisture, so hopefully we'll have better success this year.
The rain will be good for the garden, too. Not that we've tilled or planted anything yet, but we do have perennial strawberries and rhubarb. Monday I decided to take a look at the walking onions I planted last year. They are surrounded by weeds (mostly the Red Dead-nettle that took over the middle pasture last year) but look good – MUCH better than they looked all last summer. Then to my surprise I noticed that there were sugar pod peas flourishing and flowering on the trellis I never took down! That should tell you just how mild our winter was.
All the members of my flock are still wearing their fleeces, but some of them are trailing bits; the shaggy ones will be first on the shearing stand. We've had some warm days when I could have comfortably started, but then it got cooler again. Wouldn't you know it; the next warming spell is over the coming weekend when I'll be at the coast for our church's annual women's retreat! Ah well, the sheep will get sheared, eventually.
Now that I've caught up on my blog, I think I'll make like the dogs and take a wee nap. In case it's catching, like seeing someone yawn, I'll prime the pump with some of Poppy's assorted places and positions.
That's it for now from . . .
