Thursday, May 21, 2009

Green Acres

Mr Haney, Proprietor. The picture below is a pile of roots, along with a stone wall full of rocks they are the first thing harvested out of the new garden! There is something satisfying about extracting a tough old root I would recommend it for everyone its good for the soul.

Some of the stones with which we decided to build the great wall of Alburgh. I am reminded of an old but true saying, " When you buy the meat you buy the bones. and when you buy the land you by the stones. "

One of our non - traditional gardens we have tomato's in this container garden on the south wall of our little barn.

Our Square Foot gardens are up and running they are very easy to plant and maintain.



This is the land we cleared for our new garden I have named it the Garden Of Eatin. Getting ready to plant potatoes, squash, pumpkins , green beans and cucumbers down here.





Its OK to be Square!


This is Sue's oasis in all of this She has hummers coming to her feeder and some of the birds are using the other thing so at least someone is taking a bath around here.




These new Chicks arrived today and are a welcome addition to the Homestead.



Wow I just noticed its double coupon day! I think one of them is sitting on the chicken specials.




Some wild baby's have made an appearance this week. If you look close you can spot two in this picture.





Got these shots in a neighbors field, I think someone needs a time out.









4 comments:

Phil and Rachel said...

Wow! Those photos document a lot of work. The homestead looks great! The photos also capture Spring in Vermont well.

Dave said...

Mark,
The gardens turned out very nice!It shows that you and Sue have put alot of time and effort into the project and I'm sure it will give you a generous food supply in return. The chicks are cute. We have to plan to make a visit to your area this summer and get a grand tour of the operation. Great shots!

Tracy Batchelder said...

I enjoyed the garden tour. You've really been busy!

Paul Batchelder said...

Lokks like the horse could get Knocked out!