The Green Month

Country Living

It's March...

the GREEN month!

It may not be green where you live just yet

but it won't be long until that beautiful

refreshing color shows it's pretty face.

Here on the farm we are surrounded by 

beautiful green fields of 

winter wheat

and 

here and there the lawns and gardens

are showing signs that spring isn't far off.

Yesterday we had tornado 'watches'

and 'warnings' from late afternoon

until 1am.

Fortunately we only had high winds

and 1/4 inches of rain

but tornadoes hit down here and there

and destroyed 60% of the

small town of Harveyville KS.

We found out this evening that our friends

son and his family had the roof 

torn off their home yesterday.

They were all safe.

This is a month early

so hopefully this isn't a sign

of what's to come this year.

Country Living 

On a brighter note... 

I've got my vegetable garden

planned out and down on paper

and hubby has made the garden boxes.

Now we just need to get them in the garden... 

fill them with compost

and wait for the weather to warm up. 

I started a list for the perennials I'd like

to plant this spring

and the annuals I'd like 

to plant in pots. 

My lists usually end up larger than my 

pocket book can handle but I'm sure

I'm not the only one who

does that. 

Since there's nothing pretty to show you

in my gardens I thought I'd share a 

few photo's I found on the Internet.

I love the photo at the top

of this post and how about the garden 

sheds above and below!

Better Homes And Gardens

I love the salvaged windows in the shed above.

Better Homes and Gardens

This time of the year in the country critters start

moving. I suppose it's mating season for some

and other's are just moving from winter quarters. 

I found a big fat skunk body at the end of the

picket fence the other morning.

Shep must have caught it off guard

before it had a chance to spray.

I feel bad for the skunk

but this is a fact of life in the country. 

Most critters stay clear of our farm

because of Shep but some can't

resist the tantalizing smell of chickens.

Even skunks and possums 

like eggs ;)   

This Old House

This week hopefully we'll be hauling home

mulch and compost for the garden...

I can't wait to get my hands in the dirt!

How about you...have you got plans

for your gardens this spring?