We are deep into spring gardening now. We did soil testing early in the month.
The kids helped collect the soil samples with our new soil probe. We collected 15 columns of soil each from the high tunnel, fenced garden and orchard.
A chicken hopped into the soil testing bowl.
I finished updating this cupboard. I needed more space for keeping my dried herbs and foods.
A group of friends from our ward came over and helped us process the 72 high tunnel roosters. We did the processing in the high tunnel and the kids did a wonderful job helping. Everything went very smoothly and we finished in less than 4 hours.
I spent the following week preserving all the meat and broth. The big scalding pot was a helpful way to boil all the carcasses at once. I skimmed off the fat after it cooled.
I ended up with 86 quarts of soups, stews, meat, and broth.
Seed starting and hardening off are underway too. Tomatoes, cabbages, onions, and german chamomile are on the tables.
We had trouble with poor germination, but 140 tomatoes still managed to sprout.
Big brother S collected leaves and blossoms and used them to make artwork while playing outside.
This picture was colored with the flowers and leaves.
We also enjoyed our first "weed" salad: dandelions, violets, primroses, salad burnett, and grated radishes.
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