On this page, I will add notes about how the gardens are coming along, what plants are doing particularly well, what chores we are doing, and how we are coping with Indiana's often erratic weather!
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March 23, 2008 |
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Hurrah! We saw two robins and the first yellow crocuses opened in the past two days! Of course, we also had snow yesterday and heavy frost this morning, but there's sunshine, so we're happy. The plants are, too. Every day of sunshine allows us to actually watch the plants grow! It is really amazing. We're hoping to be able to move plants this week, once we've studied the forecast. The Big Barn Gift shop is all ready for customers when we open April 1. In the meantime, we're transplanting, transplanting, transplanting! Happy Easter to one and all! |
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March 6, 2008 |
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Snow-covered ground, and more predicted. There have been so few sunny days, that we are caught up in the greenhouse until the seedlings grow a bit more. It's too cold to work in the unheated coldframe, and the plants aren't awake yet anyway. So, we are working on the barn displays. The boxes are arriving by the truckload. I'm having a difficult time....I want to keep everything for myself rather than put a price tag on it and risk someone buying it!!! Can't believe we open in only 24 days! My daughter and her family are arriving from Germany on Saturday, so work will come to a halt while I play and bake cookies with the grandbabies. Wicca can't wait for them to arrive...she's been missing all of you! |
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February 19, 2008 |
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A beautiful snowfall covers every branch, twig and wire creating a fairytale landscape today. The greenhouse is almost all caught up while we wait for enough sunny days to make the next round of seedlings grow big enough to transplant. The next batch of cuttings are on the heat mats, and all the pots are filled, just waiting on things to grow. Meanwhile, I am spending lots of time writing and office work, knowing that there won't be time for any of it soon. |
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January 10, 2008 |
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Well, in typical Indiana fashion, our frigid weather and snow was replaced by rain, then temperatures in the sixties! I'd say this was unusual, but a check of my journals for the past six years indicates that these wildly swinging weather styles are typical for central Indiana. If nothing else, it keeps us on our toes. We are grateful for any day with sunshine, which keeps the greenhouse furnaces from devouring gallons of fuel. Besides, the plants are so much happier on sunny days, and so am I! I'll be heading out to Atlanta for all the gift marts tomorrow. Their pansies will be in bloom, and it will feel like Spring! I'm sure I'll find treasures for the Barn, and spend more than I should. Look for a report here when I return. |
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January 3, 2008 |
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Hope all of you had wonderful holidays filled with love. Once again, I sit and marvel that another year has flown by, with so many goals left unfinished. Today, it is 5 degrees, and snow is falling. Tomorrow, I travel to the Midwest Horticultural Conference. Hope to see lots of new and interesting plants, supplies, and goodies of all kinds. Since the farm closed for the winter, I have been busy on a writing project, which is nearing completion. I've also started on the Spring Newsletter, but it is slow going, since all the schedule has to be finalized, the seeds ordered so we'll know what we are going to feature, and travel plans made. It is always a big chore, and I have had trouble staying with it, since we've been traveling so much. The Barn is total chaos. We packed up everything that has to be moved to new display areas for next year, and completed lots of painting projects. We did lots of flea marketing and estate sales to purchase unusual containers, and right now, they are piled everywhere. I really need to make a timeline to ensure we get everything done. |
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