Agriculture

I am only now recovering; it has been four days since Andy and I planted out 100 asparagus crowns.

Planting asparagus is an investment on all accounts – time, labor, money, patience – and then the big payoff, which is fresh asparagus for 2 months each spring right from your own garden.

This is the second time I have a participated in an asparagus-planting extravaganza (I told Andy when we were finished that two times in a lifetime is enough for me!).

Officials: Conditions ripe

for West Nile outbreak

Shelby County horse owners who have not updated the vaccinations for their horses against West Nile Virus might want to call their vets.

That’s the advice of State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Stout and Agriculture Commissioner James Comer, who issued a warning that weather conditions are ripe for an outbreak of West Nile.

It’s time to start it all over again, thank goodness!

I had to buy some potatoes from the grocery a few weeks back because we had finally finished all that were stored in the basement. Home-grown potatoes, even the old ones in their slightly shriveled state, are far superior to the kind that come in a plastic bag!

I am really ready to get my hands in the soil and planting potatoes is just the thing to get the season rolling.

I think I have finally figured out the perfect machine for controlling those pesky spring weeds…sheep.

Well, I know it is not for everyone (and I know it cannot last much longer for me), but our pregnant herd of Katahdin ewes are let loose from their pasture in the afternoon to graze freely within the secure fencing of the entire property for a few hours.