Gardening

Thru later months of winter we started feeding wild turkeys. We had 50 birds a day coming in. 20 large gobblers, the rest hens and young jakes. They were going thru 50 lbs of corn and grain per week. I loved watching them. We quit feeding them early April so they would leave due to an overactive neighbor with gun sights on them. I miss them.

Started a garden yesterday. The day was in the 50's but windy so it was too cold to ride motorcycle and the garden needed digging. I started digging but it was too much for me so I recruited muscle to help. Craig dug while i picked up the soddy grass top and moved it. This week my friend Anna said we can come to her farm to get horse fertilizer and I will work it into the soil every couple days until we can safely plant after the frost. Its still getting down to 30 on some nights. This is the first year that we are putting in a large garden due to prices at stores and bad economy. I plan on tomatoes, for sauce , green peppers, lettuce for salads and cauliflower. Some how I will have to keep the dogs out of the garden when the fertilizer is on it. They love rolling in stuff. Bubbles just started rolling and she was always the princess before. I guess living with a hog like Skipper all these years is finally wearing off on her. I will post garden updates thru the spring and summer.