Daily Harvest from the kitchen garden-wild garlic

Harvested while preparing beds for early plantings

chopped for the evenings meal

of bitter greens, wild garlic and olives on pasta.

gardening/farming

In the garden the Rhubarb is growing

So we prepared some beds for early planting-strawberries

and sowing-peas

and mixed greens

and Bill prepared the beds in the fields for his greenhouse plants.

Wildlife-Turkey Buzzards on Buzzards Bay

Sitting in the trees near the farm house

but I got a little too close

and they flew away...

Cider tasting #1

Well, actually it didn't taste good at all. It had very little taste. This cider when first pressed was sweet and complex, and now it is boring and not appetizing. It is not quite ready, but I dont see it getting much better. Lets hope I am wrong, but I think it should have been blended. Live and learn.

In the greenhouse to harden off the plants

These guys look ready to put in the field...

nice and green

So Wendy and Jeff decided to get them outside for Bill

to harden them off.

Sprout wanted to help...

the ebb and wane of Spring

The hayfield greening up April 15th

Still ice in the seeder

April 16th

Turkey's in the field today

In the fields

photo by Bill Braun

 Preparing the ground...

Spring progresses

Daffodils

Kim and Ed's onions

not in the greenhouse.

Ezra and Jim help with the blueberries

and have a bit of fun levitating shovels.

finishing the mulching

many hands make fast work

my favorite tree is behind the blueberry bushes

Ezra's reward

Jim's reward...for hard work.

I took a walk with my Love...

 

at magic hour

down to the river.

We walked on the marsh

as the tide was low

we could walk below the tide line

observing reflections

clear

from the muck

and even from the fallen

amongst tall grasses

we continued to Bob Baker's tree

intensified by the hour

 the brightness and clarity of the light

my love and the history of the river.

Rocks from a field made long ago

an old overturned boat

a weathered dock post

...and then on the way back we heard peepers for the first time this year.

Finally Spring